The kanji 堪: meaning, readings and stroke order

堪

Meaning: endure, bear
On reading: カン kan
Kun reading: た（える） taeru
Strokes: 12
Radical: 土 earth
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chịu đựng, chịu nổi (kham)
Japanese: たえる。がまんする。
Korean: 견디다, 참다 (감)
Chinese: 忍受、经得起

Readings, words and example sentences

カン kan · on reading · less common

堪かん忍にん
forgiving, putting up with
堪かん忍にんしてください。
Please forgive me.

た（える） taeru · kun reading · less common

堪たえる
to bear (to do), to be worth (doing)
見るに 堪たえません。
It's too awful to watch.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.