勘
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to investigate; to survey; to collate
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,602 U+52D8
How 勘 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
力 (semantic, “strength”) + 甚 (phonetic, shèn)
How to remember it
survey · Heisig RSH #2741
Hercules + muscle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 甚
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 甚 (shèn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甚 sound component | shèn | considerably; very, extremely; a great extent |
| 斟 | zhēn | to deliberate, to gauge; to pour wine or tea |
| 椹 | shèn | chopping board |
| 葚 | shèn | mulberry fruit |
| 谌 | chén | faithful, sincere; surname |
| 戡 | kān | to subjugate, to subdue, to quell, to kill |
Words containing 勘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勘察加半岛 | Kān chá jiā Bàn dǎo | Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia |
| 勘察加 | Kān chá jiā | Kamchatka (far eastern province of Russia) |
| 勘定 | kān dìng | to demarcate; to survey and determine |
| 勘误表 | kān wù biǎo | corrigenda |
| 勘正 | kān zhèng | to proofread and correct |
| 勘界 | kān jiè | boundary survey |
| 勘破 | kān pò | see 看破[kan4 po4] |
| 勘查 | kān chá | variant of 勘察[kan1 cha2] |
| 查勘 | chá kān | to investigate |
| 校勘 | jiào kān | to collate |
| 勘察 | kān chá | to reconnoiter; to explore; to survey |
| 勘测 | kān cè | to investigate; to survey |
| 勘验 | kān yàn | to investigate; examination |
| 勘探 | kān tàn | to explore; to survey; to prospect (for oil etc); prospecting |
| 探勘 | tàn kān | to explore; to survey; to prospect (for oil etc); prospecting |
| 勘误 | kān wù | to correct printing errors |
| 踏勘 | tà kān | to go and inspect (a site); to do an on-site survey |