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坎兒井

简坎儿井 · 繁坎兒井

Mandarin · pinyin kǎn r jǐng

karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East)

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坎: kǎn · pit, hole; snare, trap; crisis; trigram ☵; hexagram ䷜
兒: ér · son, child, oneself; final part
井: jǐng · well, mine shaft, pit; surname; 22nd lunar mansion, determinative star μ Geminorum (Tejat); hexagram ䷯
儿: ér · son, child; Kangxi radical 10

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3–5–3 · kan3 r5 jing3

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(in parts of central southern Asia) qanat

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