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堪 = 土 + 甚

堪 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “withstand”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 甚 (tremendously). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1907.

Keyword
withstand
RTK frame
1907
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カン, タン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
た.える, たま.る, こら.える, こた.える
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
выдерживать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
堪 adequately capable of

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 土 soil
  2. 甚 tremendously

How to find 堪 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “soil” + “tremendously”. 堪 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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