Hanja Analyzer
堪

堪 — gam

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
견딜 감
Romanization
gam
English
adequately capable of, worthy of
Mandarin
kān
Japanese on'yomi
カン, コン, シン, タン
Japanese kun'yomi
た.える たま.る こら.える こた.える
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,953 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
土 (32, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
甚
Unicode
U+582A

Parts that make up 堪

  • 土 흙 토, 뿌리 두 땅 위에 쌓인 흙더미흙·땅과 그 위에 세운 것
  • 甚 심할 심sound 맛을 지나치게 즐기는 모양‘심·감’ 계열의 소리

How 堪 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 堪 as a ideographic compound involving 土, 甚.

Korean example words with 堪

  • 감내堪耐 Korean gloss: 어려움을 참고 버티어 이겨 냄
  • 감당하다堪當 Korean gloss: 능히 견디어 내다
  • 불감당不堪當 Korean gloss: 감당하지 못함
  • 초난감超難堪 Korean gloss: 극도로 난감함
  • 감인堪忍 Korean gloss: 참고 견딤.
  • 감력堪力 Korean gloss: 견디어 내는 힘.
  • 가감지인可堪之人 Korean gloss: 맡은 일을 넉넉히 감당할 만한 사람
  • 감항堪航 Korean gloss: 항공기가 항공하기에 적합한 안전성과 신뢰성을 갖추는 일.
  • 감여堪輿 Korean gloss: 지형이나 방위를 인간의 길흉화복과 연결시켜, 죽은 사람을 묻거나 집을 짓는 데 알맞은 장소를 구하는 이론.
  • 가감可堪 Korean gloss: ‘가감하다’의 어근.
  • 난감難堪 Korean gloss: ‘난감하다’의 어근.
  • 불감하다不堪 Korean gloss: 견디어 내지 못하다.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 堪

  • 堪能たんのう proficient; skilled; skillful
  • 堪忍袋かんにんぶくろ one's store of patience
  • 堪らないたまらない intolerable; unbearable; unendurable
  • 堪忍かんにん patience; forbearance; endurance
  • 不堪ふかん incompetence
  • 堪るたまる to bear; to endure
  • 抗堪性こうたんせい survivability (ability to withstand an attack)
  • 堪えるこらえる to bear; to stand; to endure
  • 堪らんたまらん intolerable; unbearable; unendurable
  • 堪えないたえない unable to suppress one's emotions; unable to cope with one's responsibilities
  • 堪航能力たんこうのうりょく seaworthiness
  • 堪まるかたまるか like hell I'll ...; I'm not about to ...

Characters sharing the phonetic 甚

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “감”

Other hanja with radical 土

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