kān
niche
Phonosemantic compound. 龍 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound.
Evolution
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze script
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 龕
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
shrine | ||
niche | ||
niche (in a wall) | ||
niche for statue (esp. Buddhist, Christian etc) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4015th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 22 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+9F95 |
Shuowen | “龕，龍皃。从龍，合聲。” |
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