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槛

kǎn

Character Traditional 檻

What 槛 means

1. door sill
2. threshold

Other readings

槛 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jiànbanister; balustrade; cage for animal or prisoner

Example sentences

• 参赛门槛非常高。
  Cānsài ménkǎn fēicháng gāo.
  The contest has very strict eligibility requirements.
• 叁赛门槛非常高。
  The contest has very strict eligibility requirements.

Words starting with 槛

• 槛车jiàn chēcart with cage, used to escort prisoner
• 槛花笼鹤jiàn huā lóng hèa flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner

Words containing 槛

• 门槛mén kǎndoorstep; sill; threshold
• 下槛xià kǎn(architecture) doorsill
• 笼槛lóng jiàncage (for animals)
• 核门槛hé mén jiànnuclear threshold
• 朱云折槛zhū yún zhé jiàn(idiom) Zhu Yun breaks the railing…
• 踏破门槛tā pò mén kǎnto wear out the doorstep (idiom); to crowd at sb's door
• 云窗雾槛yún chuāng wù kǎncloud around the window, mist on the threshold (idiom)…
• 轩槛xuān jiànrailings of a balcony
• 笼鸟槛猿lóng niǎo jiàn yuánbird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner
• 阑槛lán jiànrailing; fence; banisters
• 雕楹碧槛diāo yíng bì kǎncarved pillar, jade doorsill (idiom); heavily decorated environment

Characters built on 监

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

• 蓝lánblue; indigo plant
• 滥lànoverflowing; excessive; indiscriminate
• 篮lánbasket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)
• 尴gānused in 尴尬
• 褴lánused in 褴褛

Characters that look like 槛

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

• 输shūto lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute
• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row
• 榻tàcouch
• 楣méilintel; crossbeam
• 赭zhěocher
• 褴lánused in 褴褛

Sounds the same

Read kǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 砍to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb
• 侃upright and honest; cheerful; to chat idly
• 坎pit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦
• 莰camphane C10H18
• 凵receptacle
• 欿discontented with oneself
• 𫐘used in 轗軻
• 顑yellow
• 歁unsatisfied (of eating)
• 嵌see 赤嵌楼
• 崁see 赤崁楼