坑

kēng

k+ēng·1st tone

pit; hollow; depression

Radical: 土 Strokes: 7 HSK 7-9

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

地土城坐场堂圣基塞墨在塔

Same radical

地土城坐场堂圣基塞墨在塔壁垂境

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Character Decomposition

坑=土+亢

Etymology

earth

Meanings

pit; hollow; depression

(mining) pit; shaft; tunnel

(literary) to bury alive

(coll.) to cheat; to scam; to screw over

kēng

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Words with 坑 130 total

pit of fire · fig. living hell火坑huǒ kēng to trap · to frame坑害kēng hài uneven (road) · depression (in terrain)坑坎kēng kǎn pit prop坑木kēng mù (coll.) to cheat; to swindle; to rip sb off; to screw sb over坑人kēng rén to bury alive · to ensnare坑杀kēng shā

Idioms with 坑 16 total Chain

to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom) · out of the frying pan into the fire避坑落井bì kēng luò jǐng to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇)焚书坑儒fén shū kēng rú (idiom) to swindle, scam and deceive坑蒙拐骗kēng mēng guǎi piàn