堪 (ham1 | kan1) : endure; may

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堪

ham1

kan1

[1] endure; sustain; bear; stand
[2] may; can; capable of; fit for

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 土 (#32)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

堪

This word has been viewed 5853 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th Dec 2010 14:21

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堪察 ham1 caat3 kan1 cha2 = investigate ?

痛苦不堪 tung3 fu2 bat1 ham1 tong4 ku3 bu4 kan1 = racked with pain

不堪 bat1 ham1 bu4 kan1 = cannot bear

不堪忍受 bat1 ham1 jan2 sau6 bu4 kan1 ren3 shou4 = unbearable 國

不堪回首 bat1 ham1 wui4 sau2 bu4 kan1 hui2 shou3 = find it unbearable to recall 國

不堪一擊 bat1 ham1 jat1 gik1 bu4 kan1 yi1 ji2 = unable to bear a single blow 國

不堪造就 bat1 ham1 zou6 zau6 bu4 kan1 zao4 jiu4 = be unpromising 國

難堪 naan4 ham1 nan2 kan1 = hard to endure; embarrassing

堪稱 ham1 cing1 kan1 cheng1 = can be called; it can be said that

往事不堪回首 wong5 si6 bat1 ham1 wui4 sau2 wang3 shi4 bu4 kan1 hui2 shou3 = find it unbearable to recall events (memories) of the past
See all 24 compounds (CantoDict reports 23 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
? : Unknown usage

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Decimal representation of this word: 堪
Unicode code for this character: U+582a (off-site link)

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