Unicode: U+574E

Pinyin: kǎn

Definition

* 低陷不平的地方,坑穴。 ~井之蛙(喻知识浅陋的人)。~坷。 * 自然形成或人工修筑的台阶状东西。 土~。田~。 * 八卦之一,代表水。 * 指最紧要的地方或时机,当口儿。 这话可说到~儿上了。 * 指坏运气或被迫的处境。 今年是他的~儿。 * 同"槛"

pit, hole; snare, trap; crisis

Structure

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Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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