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磡

kàn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 a steep cliff, especially a dangerous one by the sea or a river

Examples

渔船贴着海磡驶过。
Yúchuán tiē zhe hǎi kàn shǐguò.
The fishing boat sailed close beneath the sea cliff.
香港有个地方叫牛头角。
Xiānggǎng yǒu gè dìfang jiào Niútóujiǎo.
There is a place called Ngau Tau Kok in Hong Kong.

Tips

usage
磡 means a steep, hazardous cliff, often a coastal one. It is rare in standard Mandarin but lives on in southern and Cantonese place names (Hong Kong's 红磡, Hung Hom).

Components

radical
石 shí
stone; rock
The stone radical 石 on the left carries the meaning, a 磡 is a wall of rock, a steep stone cliff.
phonetic
勘 kān
to investigate; survey
勘 supplies the sound (shifted from kān to kàn); it carries no meaning, working only as the phonetic on the right.

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Stroke Order

磡 kàn