| 坎 | kǎn | pit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing water; ☵ |
| 坎帕拉 | Kǎn pà lā | Kampala, capital of Uganda |
| 心坎 | xīn kǎn | bottom of one's heart |
| 坎坷 | kǎn kě | bumpy (of a road); rough (of life); to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes |
| 命途坎坷 | mìng tú kǎn kě | to have a tough life; to meet much adversity in one's life |
| 土坎 | tǔ kǎn | earthen steps |
| 土坎儿 | tǔ kǎnr | earthen steps |
| 坎儿 | kǎnr | critical juncture; key moment |
| 坎儿井 | kǎn ér jǐng | karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East) |
| 坎坎 | kǎn kǎn | (dialect) just now |
| 坎坷不平 | kǎn kě bù píng | pot-holed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes |
| 坎坷多舛 | kǎn kě duō chuǎn | full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life) |
| 坎塔布连 | Kǎn tǎ bù lián | Cantabria in north Spain; Spanish Basque country |
| 坎塔布连山脉 | Kǎn tǎ bù lián shān mài | Cantabrian mountain range in north Spain dividing Asturias from Castilla-Leon |
| 坎塔布连海 | Kǎn tǎ bù lián hǎi | Bay of Biscay (Spanish: Mare Cantabrico) |
| 坎大哈 | Kǎn dà hā | Kandahar (town in Southern Afghanistan) |
| 坎大哈省 | Kǎn dà hā shěng | Kandahar province of Afghanistan |
| 坎子 | kǎn zi | raised ground; bank |
| 坎德拉 | kǎn dé lā | candela (unit of luminosity); standard candle |
| 坎昆 | Kǎn kūn | Cancún |
| 坎特伯雷 | Kǎn tè bó léi | Canterbury, England |
| 坎特伯雷大主教 | Kǎn tè bó léi dà zhǔ jiào | Archbishop of Canterbury, head of Church of England |
| 坎肩 | kǎn jiān | sleeveless jacket (usually cotton); Chinese waistcoat |
| 坎肩儿 | kǎn jiānr | erhua variant of 坎肩, sleeveless jacket (usually cotton); Chinese waistcoat |
| 坎贝尔 | Kǎn bèi ěr | Campbell (name) |
| 坎贝尔侏儒仓鼠 | Kǎn bèi ěr zhū rú cāng shǔ | Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli) |
| 坑坎 | kēng kǎn | uneven (road); depression (in terrain) |
| 尤坎 | Yóu kǎn | Rjukan (city in Norway) |
| 布坎南 | Bù kǎn nán | Buchanan |
| 赤坎 | Chì kǎn | Chikan district of Zhanjiang city 湛江市, Guangdong |
| 赤坎区 | Chì kǎn qū | Chikan district of Zhanjiang city 湛江市, Guangdong |
| 门坎 | mén kǎn | threshold; doorstep |
| 门坎儿 | mén kǎnr | erhua variant of 门坎; threshold; doorstep |
| 阿利坎特 | Ā lì kǎn tè | Alicante |
| 阿尔坎塔拉 | Ā ěr kǎn tǎ lā | Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain; Alcantara, Brazil space launch site |
