door sill
槛 is a 14 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as kǎn in the third tone, however it can also be pronounced as jiàn.
In traditional Chinese the character 檻 is used.
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Pronunciation
We found 2 pronunciations for 槛
Definitions for 槛 pronounced as kǎn
- door sill
- threshold
Definitions for 槛 pronounced as jiàn
- banister
- balustrade
- cage for animal or prisoner
- to transport caged prisoner on a cart
Vocabulary
The most common words for 槛 — see all
- doorstep
- sill
- threshold
- fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)
- Mr Zhu Yun breaks the railing (idiom); to challenge and admonish boldly
- nuclear threshold