Memory phrase for the character: 堪

堪

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Meaning

endure, bear, withstand

Pronunciation

KAN, TAN
taeru, tamaru

Explanation

 Left: earth 土, right: extreme, excessive 甚 (= sweets 甘 [= mouth with sth. in] and 'equals' 匹 [= box with two identical bales] are extraordinary.)

Mnemonic
 
The earth has extreme endurance.

Radicals

土 earthground, soil
甚 extraordinary
甘 sweetA laughing mouth 廿/口 with something sweet 一
匹 equal withThe tow bales 儿 in the box 匚 equal.




 Vocabulary

堪らない たまらない  intolerable, unbearable, unendurable
堪える たえる  to bear, to stand, to endure, to put up with, to support, to withstand, to resist, to brave
堪能 たんのう  proficient; skilled

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