kān

Radical: 龙 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

龛 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 龛

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 龛.

佛龛
fó kān
niche for statue (esp. Buddhist, Christian etc)
壁龛
bì kān
niche (in a wall)
神龛
shén kān
龛影
kān yǐng
niche as shown in an X-Ray (medicine)
骨灰龛
gǔ huī kān
龙龛手鉴
lóng kān shǒu jiàn
Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical
龙龛手镜
lóng kān shǒu jìng
see 龍龕手鑑|龙龛手鉴[Long2 kan1 Shou3 jian4]

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Characters that share the radical .

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