created sense approved 壁龛/壁龕 · bìkān · niche — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
壁龛 / 壁龕
bìkān
niche
A small recessed cabinet or hollow area in a wall used for decoration or to display Buddhist statues and other art pieces.
壁 (literal) → 壁 · bì · wall 龛 (bound) → 龛/龕 · kān · shrine
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition