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龛

kān

Character Traditional 龕

What 龛 means

1. bound formniche; shrine

Words starting with 龛

• 龛影kān yǐng(radiography) the shadow of a peptic ulcer in a barium-swallow X-ray

Words containing 龛

• 神龛shén kānshrine; niche; household shrine
• 佛龛fó kānniche for statue (esp. Buddhist, Christian etc)
• 壁龛bì kānniche (in a wall)
• 骨灰龛gǔ huī kāncolumbarium
• 龙龛手鉴Lóng kān Shǒu jiànLongkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries…
• 龙龛手镜Lóng kān Shǒu jìngsee 龙龛手鉴

Characters that look like 龛

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

• 童tóngchild
• 拿náto hold; to seize; to catch
• 雪xuěsnow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)
• 盒hésmall box; case
• 禽qín(bound form) birds; fowl; (literary) birds and animals; old variant of 擒
• 蛰zhéto hibernate

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
• 勘to investigate; to survey; to collate
• 看to look after; to take care of; to watch
• 戡kill; suppress