坎
kǎn

pit

坎 (埳) kǎn frequency
hurdle noun
a metaphorical obstacle, difficult period, or critical juncture in life

他还没能跨过心里那道坎。

tā hái méi néng kuà​guò xīn lǐ nà dào kǎn.

He hasn't been able to get over that hurdle in his heart yet.

pit noun
a hole, depression, or pit in the ground

路面上有一道深坎，骑自行车时很颠簸。

lù​miàn shàng yǒu yī dào shēn kǎn, qí zì​xíng​chē shí hěn diān​bǒ.

There is a deep dip in the road, making it very bumpy to ride a bicycle.

ridge noun
a low bank, step, or raised edge, such as a ridge between fields

田间的土坎把两块菜地分开了。

tián jiān de tǔ kǎn bǎ liǎng kuài cài​dì fēn​kāi le.

An earthen ridge in the field separates the two vegetable plots.

trigram proper name
the second of the eight trigrams (Bagua) in the I Ching, symbolizing water

我正在学习易经，今天老师详细讲解了坎这一卦的含义。

wǒ zhèng​zài xué​xí Yì​jīng, jīn​tiān lǎo​shī xiáng​xì jiǎng​jiě le kǎn zhè yī guà de hán​yì.

I am studying the I Ching, and today the teacher explained the meaning of the Kan hexagram in detail.

坎 kǎn
threshold noun
a threshold, hurdle, or a difficult stage or obstacle in life

他终于迈过了心里那道坎。

tā zhōng​yú mài​guò le xīn lǐ nà dào kǎn.

He finally got over that mental hurdle.

trigram noun
one of the Eight Trigrams (Bagua) symbolizing water, represented by the symbol ☵

坎卦在八卦中象征水。

kǎn​guà zài bā​guà zhōng xiàng​zhēng shuǐ.

The Kan trigram symbolizes water in the Bagua.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,446th most common 20.4 per million
Movie subtitles
2,053rd most common 17.7 per million appears in 5% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.93 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
11.5 per million

Details
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+574E

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)