莰

莰 · kǎn

bornane, camphane

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
kǎn
Cantonese
ham2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

bornane, camphane

Dictionary definitions & readings

莰 kǎn · camphane C10H18

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53214.090:kǎn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0632.080:kǎn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
193.030:kǎn Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
kǎn粵ham2 Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
khóm khúm Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TGNO Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4418.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1036.401 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+83B0
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
7
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6949

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

10 strokes
莰
Strokes
10
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

10 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
53214.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53214.090
kIRGKangXi
1036.401
kKangXi
1036.401
kSMSZD2003Index
584.01
kCangjie
TGNO
kFourCornerCode
4418.2
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5D28
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D774
kIRG_TSource
T2-3878
kIRG_VSource
V0-4242
kRSUnicode
140.7
kTotalStrokes
10
kBigFive
D774
kCCCII
227D72
kCNS1986
2-3878
kCNS1992
2-3878
kEACC
227D72
kGB0
6108
kGB1
6108
kTGH
2013:6949
kXerox
321:057
kCantonese
ham2
kDefinition
bornane, camphane
kHanyuPinyin
53214.090:kǎn
kMandarin
kǎn
kSMSZD2003Readings
kǎn粵ham2
kTGHZ2013
193.030:kǎn
kVietnamese
khóm khúm
kXHC1983
0632.080:kǎn

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 莰0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 坎 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam
Source notation ^⿱艹坎$(GHTV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹坎$(GHTV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.