"kan" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kans",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "kan (plural kans)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "khan"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Archaic form of khan."
      ],
      "id": "en-kan-en-noun-4t0tdE69",
      "links": [
        [
          "khan",
          "khan#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kan"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ja",
        "3": "貫"
      },
      "expansion": "Japanese 貫",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Japanese 貫.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kan"
      },
      "expansion": "kan (plural kan)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Hideo Yamashita, Healthy Culture and Unhealthy Culture:",
          "text": "After having subtracted the bad and uncollectable debt above, the net property was around 32000 kan of silver […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A Japanese unit of weight, approximately 3.75 kg or 8.267 lb."
      ],
      "id": "en-kan-en-noun-ogqWVZ~2"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kan"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yue",
        "3": "斤"
      },
      "expansion": "Cantonese 斤 (gan¹)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Cantonese 斤 (gan¹).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kans",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "kan (plural kans)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hong Kong English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 35 63",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A catty, legally defined as 0.60478982 kilograms."
      ],
      "id": "en-kan-en-noun-TbEaxep1",
      "links": [
        [
          "catty",
          "catty"
        ],
        [
          "kilogram",
          "kilogram"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hong Kong) A catty, legally defined as 0.60478982 kilograms."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "kan cheong"
        },
        {
          "word": "kan ni na"
        },
        {
          "word": "kan ni na bu"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hong-Kong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kan"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Cantonese",
    "English terms derived from Cantonese",
    "Pages with 51 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yucatec Maya entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yucatec Maya lemmas",
    "Yucatec Maya transitive verbs",
    "Yucatec Maya verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kans",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "kan (plural kans)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "khan"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English archaic forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Archaic form of khan."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "khan",
          "khan#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kan"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English indeclinable nouns",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Cantonese",
    "English terms borrowed from Japanese",
    "English terms derived from Cantonese",
    "English terms derived from Japanese",
    "Pages with 51 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yucatec Maya entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yucatec Maya lemmas",
    "Yucatec Maya transitive verbs",
    "Yucatec Maya verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ja",
        "3": "貫"
      },
      "expansion": "Japanese 貫",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Japanese 貫.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kan"
      },
      "expansion": "kan (plural kan)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Hideo Yamashita, Healthy Culture and Unhealthy Culture:",
          "text": "After having subtracted the bad and uncollectable debt above, the net property was around 32000 kan of silver […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A Japanese unit of weight, approximately 3.75 kg or 8.267 lb."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kan"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Cantonese",
    "English terms derived from Cantonese",
    "Pages with 51 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yucatec Maya entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yucatec Maya lemmas",
    "Yucatec Maya transitive verbs",
    "Yucatec Maya verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yue",
        "3": "斤"
      },
      "expansion": "Cantonese 斤 (gan¹)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Cantonese 斤 (gan¹).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kans",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "kan (plural kans)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "kan cheong"
    },
    {
      "word": "kan ni na"
    },
    {
      "word": "kan ni na bu"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hong Kong English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A catty, legally defined as 0.60478982 kilograms."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "catty",
          "catty"
        ],
        [
          "kilogram",
          "kilogram"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hong Kong) A catty, legally defined as 0.60478982 kilograms."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hong-Kong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kan"
}