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龛

kān

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Definitions

  1. 1. niche
  2. 2. shrine

Words Containing 龛

龙龛手鉴
lóng kān shǒu jiàn

Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical

龙龛手镜
lóng kān shǒu jìng

see 龍龕手鑑|龙龛手鉴[lóng kān shǒu jiàn]

佛龛
fó kān

niche for statue (esp. Buddhist, Christian etc)

神龛
shén kān

shrine

骨灰龛
gǔ huī kān

columbarium

壁龛
bì kān

niche (in a wall)

龛影
kān yǐng

niche as shown in an X-Ray (medicine)