kǎn
坎 (kǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “pit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water”.
Meanings
- 1pit
- 2threshold
- 3one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water
- 4☵
Related words
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