kān
verb #21,576

Meanings

  1. 1 to investigate
  2. 2 to survey
  3. 3 to collate (texts)
  4. 4 to examine

Examples

Dìzhìxuéjiā qiánwǎng xiànchǎng kāncè dìxíng.
The geologist went to the site to survey the terrain.
Zhè bù gǔjí jīngguò zǐxì jiàokān, huīfù le yuánmào.
This ancient text was carefully collated and restored to its original form.

Tips

usage
appears in several common compounds: 勘察/勘测 (to survey terrain), 勘探 (to prospect/explore for resources), (to collate ancient texts). The core meaning is careful on-site examination.

Stroke Order

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