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堪 means 'endure'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 1740   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-30    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 20 words   Used in 35 words   Used in 39 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   カン
Kun
   たえる to endure, withstand
Additional readings
On    タン
Kun    たまる   こたえる   こらえる to endure, withstand
Notes
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Explore two interrelated on-yomi and four stunningly similar kun-yomi for 堪. These readings enable you to say, “I can’t take this anymore,” “Let’s hang in there till help comes,” “The cottage will not withstand strong winds,” “I’m dying to see her,” and much more. Find out how the rhetorical question “How can I put up with it if I lose?!” really conveys the bold statement “I will never lose.”
Components
⿰  土 ground; earth  甚 excessive  
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See also
勘 intuition  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 堪 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 堪 is used 34 times, read 6 ways.
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カン : 6 words FIND ALL
か ん の う 0 か ん の う 1
1. proficient; skillful  (see also: 堪能; this meaning is restricted to form 堪能)
2. patience; perseverance; fortitude  (orig. meaning; Buddhist term)
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タン : 3 words FIND ALL
た ん の う 0
1. proficient; skillful  (see also: 堪能)
2. enjoying; satisfaction; satiation; having one's fill (of)
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たえる : 11 words FIND ALL
expression, ichidan verb
to be fit for work
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たまる : 9 words FIND ALL
expression
1. intolerable; unbearable; unendurable  (see also: 堪らない; emphatic form of 堪らない; often written with kana only)
2. tremendous; out of this world; irresistible  (see also: 堪らない; often written with kana only)
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こたえる : 3 words FIND ALL
こ た え ら れ な い 0
expression
really good; irresistible
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こらえる : 2 words FIND ALL
ichidan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
1. to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with  (see also: 耐える; often written with kana only)
ichidan verb, transitive verb
2. to restrain; to control; to keep a check on  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 勘 less common words include 堪 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1104  Joy o' Kanji : 1104  Key to Kanji: - 

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堪
カン   たえる to endure, withstand   
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甚
ジン   はなはだしい excessive, severe   はなはだ immensely, greatly   
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甘
カン   あまい sweet, indulgent   あまえる to behave like a spoiled child   あまやかす to pamper   
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廿
twenty; 20   にじゅう twenty   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
匹
ヒツ   ひき counter for animals   
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儿
legs
匚
side open box
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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