堪
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(bound form) may; can; (bound form) to endure; to bear; (in 堪輿|堪舆[kan1 yu2]) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿|舆[yu2])
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 土 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 堪
- Common rank
- #2,042
- Unicode
- U+582A
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Words with 堪
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斯堪地纳维亚 | Scandinavia (Tw) | |
| 斯堪的纳维亚 | Scandinavia | |
| 不堪入目 | unbearable to look at; an eyesore | |
| 不堪一击 | (idiom) unable to withstand a single blow; to collapse at the first blow | |
| 苦不堪言 | to suffer unspeakable misery; indescribably painful; hellish | |
| 不堪入耳 | (idiom) (of speech, music etc) vulgar; offensive to the ear | |
| 堪察加半岛 | Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia | |
| 情何以堪 | how can this be endured! (idiom) | |
| 破败不堪 | crushed; utterly defeated | |
| 堪萨斯 | Kansas, US state | |
| 不堪设想 | too horrible to contemplate; unthinkable; inconceivable | |
| 堪察加柳莺 | (bird species of China) Kamchatka leaf warbler (Phylloscopus examinandus) | |
| 不堪忍受 | unbearable | |
| 堪察加 | Kamchatka (peninsula in far eastern Russia) | |
| 不堪 | cannot bear; cannot stand; utterly; extremely | |
| 凌乱不堪 | in a terrible mess (idiom) | |
| 可堪 | how can one endure?; to be able to endure | |
| 堪比 | to be comparable to | |
| 难堪 | hard to take; embarrassed | |
| 堪培拉 | Canberra, capital of Australia |