堪
(bound form) may; can; (bound form) to endure; to bear; (in 堪輿|堪舆[kan1 yu2]) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿|舆[yu2])
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Dict coverage rank #2,042 U+582A
How 堪 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
One with a considerable amount 甚 of land 土
How to remember it
tolerate · Heisig RSH #2740
土 soil + Hercules
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 堪
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斯堪地纳维亚 | Sī kān dì nà wéi yà | Scandinavia (Tw) |
| 斯堪的纳维亚 | Sī kān dì nà wéi yà | Scandinavia |
| 不堪入目 | bù kān rù mù | unbearable to look at; an eyesore |
| 不堪一击 | bù kān yī jī | (idiom) unable to withstand a single blow; to collapse at the first blow |
| 苦不堪言 | kǔ bù kān yán | to suffer unspeakable misery; indescribably painful; hellish |
| 不堪入耳 | bù kān rù ěr | (idiom) (of speech, music etc) vulgar; offensive to the ear |
| 堪察加半岛 | Kān chá jiā Bàn dǎo | Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia |
| 情何以堪 | qíng hé yǐ kān | how can this be endured! (idiom) |
| 破败不堪 | pò bài bù kān | crushed; utterly defeated |
| 堪萨斯 | Kān sà sī | Kansas, US state |
| 不堪设想 | bù kān shè xiǎng | too horrible to contemplate; unthinkable; inconceivable |
| 堪察加柳莺 | Kān chá jiā liǔ yīng | (bird species of China) Kamchatka leaf warbler (Phylloscopus examinandus) |
| 不堪忍受 | bù kān rěn shòu | unbearable |
| 堪察加 | Kān chá jiā | Kamchatka (peninsula in far eastern Russia) |
| 不堪 | bù kān | cannot bear; cannot stand; utterly; extremely |
| 凌乱不堪 | líng luàn bù kān | in a terrible mess (idiom) |
| 可堪 | kě kān | how can one endure?; to be able to endure |
| 堪比 | kān bǐ | to be comparable to |
| 难堪 | nán kān | hard to take; embarrassed |
| 堪培拉 | Kān péi lā | Canberra, capital of Australia |