勘
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to investigate; to survey; to collate
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 力 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 勘
- Common rank
- #2,602
- Unicode
- U+52D8
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 勘
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勘察加半岛 | Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia | |
| 勘察加 | Kamchatka (far eastern province of Russia) | |
| 勘定 | to demarcate; to survey and determine | |
| 勘误表 | corrigenda | |
| 勘正 | to proofread and correct | |
| 勘界 | boundary survey | |
| 勘破 | see 看破[kan4 po4] | |
| 勘查 | variant of 勘察[kan1 cha2] | |
| 查勘 | to investigate | |
| 校勘 | to collate | |
| 勘察 | to reconnoiter; to explore; to survey | |
| 勘测 | to investigate; to survey | |
| 勘验 | to investigate; examination | |
| 勘探 | to explore; to survey; to prospect (for oil etc); prospecting | |
| 探勘 | to explore; to survey; to prospect (for oil etc); prospecting | |
| 勘误 | to correct printing errors | |
| 踏勘 | to go and inspect (a site); to do an on-site survey |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 甚 — compare how they read.