kān

to investigate

to survey; to collate

extreme (甚) + effort (力) = push hard to investigate

力 grounds the meaning in exertion — investigating and surveying take real effort. 甚 mainly lends the sound kān; the force radical carries the semantic weight.

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他们去山里探新的矿藏。

tā men qù shān lǐ kān tàn xīn de kuàng cáng。

they went into the mountains to survey for new mineral deposits.

专家花了很多时间校这份古老的文本。

zhuān jiā huā le hěn duō shí jiān kān jiào zhè fèn gǔ lǎo de wén běn。

the expert spent a lot of time collating this ancient text.

Words with 勘

勘破

kān pò

see 看破[kan4 po4]

勘定

kān dìng

to demarcate

勘察

kān chá

to reconnoiter

勘察加

kān chá jiā

Kamchatka (far eastern province of Russia)

勘察加半岛

kān chá jiā bàn dǎo

Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia

勘探

kān tàn

to explore

勘查

kān chá

variant of 勘察[kan1 cha2]

勘正

kān zhèng

to proofread and correct

勘测

kān cè

to investigate

勘界

kān jiè

boundary survey

勘误

kān wù

to correct printing errors

勘误表

kān wù biǎo

corrigenda

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