Keyword
pit
- hole
- to trap
- to bury
- to harry
- Frequency
- #1894
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
kēng100%
Mnemonic
土 (earth) gives the meaning and 亢 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
坑
pit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive; (coll.) to cheat; to scam; to screw over
坑洞
hole; pit; pothole
坑人
(coll.) to cheat; to swindle; to rip sb off; to screw sb over
坑道
mine shaft; gallery; tunnel
矿坑
mine; mine shaft
坑爹
to get one's father involved in a difficult situation; (vulgar) (of sth that makes one feel misled or let down etc) to be a big disappointment
水坑
puddle; water hole; sump
大坑
Tai Hang District, Hong Kong; Dakeng, the name of several places in Taiwan, notably a scenic hilly area of Taichung 台中 (Táizhōng)
火坑
pit of fire; fig. living hell
挖坑
to dig a hole; (fig.) to make things difficult for sb; (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project
沙坑
sandbox; jumping pit (athletics); sand trap, bunker (golf)
茅坑
latrine pit; latrine
坑害
to trap; to frame
粪坑
latrine pit; cesspit
陨石坑
meteorite impact crater
坑口
Hang Hau (area in Hong Kong)
弹坑
bomb crater; shell crater; mine crater
泥坑
mud pit; mire; morass
焚书坑儒
to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇 (QínShǐhuáng))
基坑
foundation groove; trench for building foundation
蹲坑
Turkish toilet; squat toilet; to vacate one's bowels
坑坑洼洼
full of pits and hollows; bumpy
坑蒙拐骗
(idiom) to swindle, scam and deceive
天坑
sinkhole