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堪 - kān

adequately capable of, worthy of

adequately capable of, worthy of

How to read 堪

Click 堪 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinkān
Englishadequately capable of, worthy of
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

堪忧 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 堪比. Please read 堪称 one more time.

Common words with this character

worrying; bleak
to be comparable to
can be rated as; can be said to be
worrisome; precarious; to be at risk

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 堪 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 堪忧 and 堪比 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 堪.