堪

withstand, endure, support, resist

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

カンタン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

こた.えるこら.えるた.えるたま.る

Stroke Order

12 / 12

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:12

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1953

Vocabulary

カン

Word	Reading	Meaning
堪忍	カンニン	patience; forbearance; endurance; tolerance; forgiveness; pardon
不堪	フカン	incompetence
堪能	カンノウ	proficient; skilled; skillful; good; accomplished; patience; perseverance; fortitude

タン

Word	Reading	Meaning
堪能	タンノウ	proficient; skilled; skillful; good; accomplished; enjoying to the full; full satisfaction; being satiated (with); having one's fill (of)
抗堪性	コウタンセイ	survivability (ability to withstand an attack)
堪航能力	タンコウノウリョク	seaworthiness

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
堪える	たえる	to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with; to support; to withstand; to resist; to brave; to be fit for; to be equal to
堪らない	たまらない	intolerable; unbearable; unendurable; irresistible; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do; anxious to do; cannot get enough of
持ち堪える	もちこたえる	to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
堪忍袋	かんにんぶくろ	one's store of patience
一堪りも無く	ひとたまりもなく	easily (beaten, destroyed, etc.); without difficulty; helplessly; without the least resistance

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