Chinese Character Wiki

闞

kàn, hǎn

glance

Components
門 meaning component

門  Meaning component

mén

  

door

gate

敢 sound component

敢  Sound component

gǎn

  

to dare

Evolution

闞 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
闞 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
闞 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
闞 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

阚 (闞) 

kàn

glance, peep; roar, growl; to glance; to peep

阚 (闞) 

Kàn

surname Kan

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6176th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

19

Simplified

阚

Unicode

U+95DE

Shuowen

“闞，望也。从門，敢聲。”


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