Meaning

4 senses

  1. A Japanese unit of weight, approximately 3.75 kg or 8.267 lb.

  2. (Hong Kong)A catty, legally defined as 0.60478982 kilograms.

  3. (Japanese)A set of four identical tiles.

  4. (Japanese)A call declaring the formation of such a set.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Japan’s "yōkan" is a dessert made of sweetened mung beans.

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  2. The man holding the umbrella is Kan.

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  3. The 16-year-old studied for two diplomas: one from his high school in Ulysses, Kan., and the other from Harvard.

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Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 貫 (kan). Borrowed from Cantonese 斤 (gan¹). Borrowed from Japanese

Borrowed from Japanese 貫 (kan).

Borrowed from Cantonese 斤 (gan¹).

Borrowed from Japanese 槓 (kan).

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Forms

plural: kan / kans
Singularkan
Pluralkan / kans

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
kongquadfour-of-a-kind

Word family

1 related words
Relatedkan cheong

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
kamalakamikazekanakangarooB2
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