| 坎 | [ kǎn ] pit, threshold, one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water, ☵ |
| 坎兒 | [ kǎn ] critical juncture, key moment |
| 坎兒井 | [ kǎn jǐng ] karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East) |
| 坎坎 | [ kǎn kǎn ] (dialect) just now |
| 坎坷 | [ kǎn kě ] bumpy (of a road), rough (of life), to be down on one's luck, to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes |
| 坎坷不平 | [ kǎn kě bù píng ] potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes |
| 坎坷多舛 | [ kǎn kě duō chuǎn ] full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life) |
| 坎城 | [ kǎn chéng ] Cannes, France (Tw) |
| 坎培拉 | [ kǎn peí lā ] Canberra, capital of Australia (Tw) |
| 坎塔布連 | [ kǎn tǎ bù lián ] Cantabria in north Spain |
| 坎塔布連山脈 | [ kǎn tǎ bù lián shān maì ] Cantabrian mountain range in north Spain dividing Asturias from Castilla-Leon |
| 坎塔布連海 | [ kǎn tǎ bù lián haǐ ] Bay of Biscay (Spanish: Mare Cantabrico) |
| 坎塔布里亞 | [ kǎn tǎ bù lǐ yà ] Cantabria, Spanish autonomous region, capital Santander 桑坦德[Sang1 tan3 de2] |
| 坎壈 | [ kǎn lǎn ] to meet with misfortune |
| 坎大哈 | [ kǎn dà hā ] Kandahar (town in Southern Afghanistan) |
| 坎大哈省 | [ kǎn dà hā shěng ] Kandahar province of Afghanistan |
| 坎子 | [ kǎn zi ] raised ground, bank |
| 坎帕拉 | [ kǎn pà lā ] Kampala, capital of Uganda |
| 坎德拉 | [ kǎn dé lā ] candela (unit of luminosity), standard candle |
| 坎昆 | [ kǎn kūn ] Cancún |
| 坎特伯雷 | [ kǎn tè bó leí ] Canterbury |
| 坎特伯雷故事集 | [ kǎn tè bó leí gù shì jí ] The Canterbury Tales, collection of stories by Geoffrey Chaucer 喬叟|乔叟[Qiao2 sou3] |
| 坎肩 | [ kǎn jiān ] sleeveless jacket (usually cotton), Chinese waistcoat |
| 坎肩兒 | [ kǎn jiān ] erhua variant of 坎肩[kan3 jian1] |
| 坎貝爾 | [ kǎn beì ěr ] Campbell (name) |
| 坎貝爾侏儒倉鼠 | [ kǎn beì ěr zhū rú cāng shǔ ] Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli) |
| ⇒ 命途坎坷 | [ mìng tú kǎn kě ] to have a tough life, to meet much adversity in one's life |
| ⇒ 土坎 | [ tǔ kǎn ] earthen levee |
| ⇒ 土坎兒 | [ tǔ kǎn ] erhua variant of 土坎[tu3 kan3] |
| ⇒ 坎坎 | [ kǎn kǎn ] (dialect) just now |
| ⇒ 坑坎 | [ kēng kǎn ] uneven (road), depression (in terrain) |
| ⇒ 尤坎 | [ yoú kǎn ] Rjukan (city in Norway) |
| ⇒ 布坎南 | [ bù kǎn nán ] Buchanan (surname) |
| ⇒ 心坎 | [ xīn kǎn ] bottom of one's heart |
| ⇒ 赤坎 | [ chì kǎn ] Chikan District of Zhanjiang City 湛江市[Zhan4 jiang1 Shi4], Guangdong |
| ⇒ 赤坎區 | [ chì kǎn qū ] Chikan District of Zhanjiang City 湛江市[Zhan4 jiang1 Shi4], Guangdong |
| ⇒ 門坎 | [ mén kǎn ] variant of 門檻|门槛[men2 kan3] |
| ⇒ 門坎兒 | [ mén kǎn ] erhua variant of 門坎|门坎[men2 kan3] |
| ⇒ 阿利坎特 | [ ā lì kǎn tè ] Alicante |
| ⇒ 阿爾坎塔拉 | [ ā ěr kǎn tǎ lā ] Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, Alcantara, Brazil space launch site |
