Memory phrase for the character: 坎

坎

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bumpy, hole, pit, threshold, snare

kǎn

Left: earth 土, right: lack 欠 (A yawning

person 人 is lacking sth.)

If earth is lacking, it becomes: bumpy.

土	earth, ground	Pay attention to the length of the upper line. If it is longer, it means scholar 士.
欠	lack, yawn	Like a person 人 who tears his mouth wide open when yawning and seems to have a lack (of good manners).

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坎帕拉	Kǎn pà lā	Kampala, capital of Uganda
心坎	xīn kǎn	bottom of one's heart
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
坎贝尔侏儒仓鼠	Kǎn bèi ěr zhū rú cāng shǔ	Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)
坎坷多舛	kǎn kě duō chuǎn	full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life)
坎坷不平	kǎn kě bù píng	pot-holed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes
坎坷不平	kǎn kě bù píng

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