Chinese Character 堪 Meanings and components.

Form

堪

Meaning

堪 meaning[3] in English

To Endure.

May.

Can.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 堪 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Tu (ethnic group) (土) , and variant of 什[shen2] (甚)

Its radical[1] is: 土 (tu3) which means: Tu (Ethnic Group), Surname Tu, .土tu3Tu (ethnic …

In cangjie it is written with GTMV

How to write 堪

To write堪kan1to endure you should write a combination of 土tu3Tu (ethnic … , 甚shen4variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

土 + 甚 = 堪

堪 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 堪 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 堪, looks as follow:

堪
Pinyin:kan1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Endure . May . Can
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
甚
Pinyin:shen4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 什[Shen2]
甘
Pinyin:gan1
Meaning[3]: Surname Gan . Abbr. For Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 Su4 Sheng3]
匹
Pinyin:pi3 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Mate . One Of A Pair
匚
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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