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勘

kān

HSK 6 Character

What 勘 means

1. to investigate
2. to survey
3. to collate

Example sentences

• 在伦敦，我住的饭店靠近巴比肯艺术中心。一次难忘的经验是用报纸包着，吃美味的炸鱼薯条，这在北美人家里是无法复制的。我最喜欢的英国人是奥拉夫斯塔普雷顿和 J.R.R. 托尔金，他们分别是科幻作家和奇幻作家。我曾经透过卫星图像勘察过不列颠群岛，英格兰西南部是一个非常有趣的地区，那里有古朴的城镇和小村庄。
  In London, my hotel was near the Barbican Centre. A memorable event was eating delicious fish and chips wrapped in newspaper, which back home, North Americans could not replicate. My favourite Brits are Olaf Stapledon and J.R.R. Tolkien, respectively a sci-fi writer and a fantasy writer. I have surveyed the British Isles via satellite imagery, and a really interesting area is southwestern England, where there are quaint towns and hamlets.

Words starting with 勘

• 勘探kān tànto explore; to survey; to prospect (for oil etc)
• 勘察kān cháto reconnoiter; to explore; to survey
• 勘测kān cèto investigate; to survey
• 勘定kān dìngto demarcate; to survey and determine
• 勘正kān zhèngto proofread and correct
• 勘界kān jièboundary survey
• 勘误kān wùto correct printing errors
• 勘验kān yànto investigate; examination
• 勘察加Kān chá jiāKamchatka (far eastern province of Russia)
• 勘误表kān wù biǎocorrigenda
• 勘察加半岛Kān chá jiā Bàn dǎoKamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia
• 勘查kān chávariant of 勘察
• 勘破kān pòsee 看破

Words containing 勘

• 探勘tàn kānto explore; to survey; to prospect (for oil etc)
• 查勘chá kānto investigate
• 校勘jiào kānto collate
• 踏勘tà kānto go and inspect (a site); to do an on-site survey

Characters built on 甚

These share the phonetic component 甚 (shèn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 堪kān(bound form) may; can; (bound form) to endure; to bear; (in 堪舆
• 湛zhàndeep; clear (water)
• 戡kānkill; suppress

Characters that look like 勘

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 配pèito join; to fit; to mate
• 勒lè(literary) bridle; halter; headstall; to rein in; to compel; to force
• 酌zhuóto pour wine; to drink wine; to deliberate
• 躯qūhuman body
• 剔tīto scrape the meat from bones; to pick (teeth etc); to weed out
• 羟qiǎnghydroxyl (radical)

Sounds the same

Read kān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 刊to print; to publish; publication
• 堪(bound form) may; can; (bound form) to endure; to bear; (in 堪舆
• 龛(bound form) niche; shrine
• 看to look after; to take care of; to watch
• 戡kill; suppress