What does kanji 坎 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 坎 is pitfall.

How is kanji 坎 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 坎 are あな; the onyomi readings are カン.

Example words that use kanji 坎 include 坎, 坎坷.

Kanken 1

坎

Meaning

pitfall

Stroke Order

Variant: 埳 (Legal Form) , 塪 (Itaiji)

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かん

kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north)

かんか

separation from the world

5 reference sentences

道の脇に深い坎があった。

There was a deep hole by the side of the road.

暗い坎に足を取られた。

My foot got caught in a dark hole.

彼は人生の坎からなかなか抜け出せない。

He can hardly escape the pitfall in his life.

その一言が思わぬ坎になった。

That single remark became an unexpected pitfall.

村人たちは雨水をためるために坎をほった。

The villagers dug a pit to collect rainwater.

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