kān

niche, shrine

DEFINITIONS

龕 kān
  • niche
  • shrine

WORDS

fó kān niche for statue (esp. Buddhist, Christian etc)
bì kān niche (in a wall)
shén kān shrine; niche; household shrine
骨灰 gǔ huī kān columbarium
手鏡 lóng kān shǒu jìng see 龍龕手鑑|龙龛手鉴[Long2 kan1 Shou3 jian4]
手鑑 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
影 kān yǐng niche as shown in an X-Ray (medicine)
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