Chinese Character Wiki

侃

kǎn

upright and strong

As trustworthy 㐰 as spring-water 川

Components
亻 meaning component

亻  Meaning component

rén

  

person

口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

川 meaning component

川  Meaning component

chuān

  

stream

Evolution

侃 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
侃 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
侃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
侃 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
侃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

侃  

kǎn

upright and strong; amiable; upright and honest; cheerful; to chat idly; to boast; to talk smoothly

侃 (偘) 

kǎn

old variant of 侃[kǎn]

Most common words with 侃
Freq.
Word
Meaning

调侃

to ridicule

侃

cheerful

侃侃而谈

to speak frankly with assurance

侃侃

to possess assurance and composure

侃大山

to chatter idly

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3315th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+4F83

Shuowen

“侃，剛直也。从，，古文信；从川，取其不舍晝夜。《論語》曰：‘子路侃侃如也。’”


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