1. 坎
  2. 坷

坎

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  1. 坎 is the 2441st most frequent character.
  2. 坎 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 坎 appears as a character in 15 words.
  4. 坎 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
坎 => 土, 欠
Radical :
坎 => 土 (earth), 欠 (yawn)
Graphical :
坎 => 一, 丨, 一, ⺈, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. kan3 - pit/threshold/one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water/☵

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

坎坷 

Medium Frequency

坎 
坎儿 (坎兒)
心坎 
赤坎 

坷

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  1. 坷 is the 3863rd most frequent character.
  2. 坷 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 坷 appears as a character in 2 words.
  4. 坷 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
坷 => 土, 可
Radical :
坷 => 土 (earth), 一 (one), 亅 (hook), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
坷 => 一, 丨, 一, 一, 亅, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ke3 - uneven (path)/unfortunate (in life)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 坷 (ke3): The component 可 is pronounced as 'ke3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 坷 (ke3): The component 可 is pronounced as 'ke4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 坷 (ke3): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

坎坷 
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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