How to write 堪

堪 [kān] 1. 能，可以，足以。 - Literal meaning: Able, can, sufficient. - Example: 不～设想 (Unimaginable). ～当重任 (Can take on heavy responsibilities). ～以告慰 (Can provide comfort). 2. 忍受，能支持。 - Literal meaning: To endure, can support. - Example: 难～ (Hard to bear). 不～一击 (Cannot withstand a single blow). 狼狈不～ (Can't deal with being in such a situation). 疲惫不～ (Too tired to bear). 堪 [kān] *名* 本义: 地面高起 - Original meaning: Raised earth. - Example: 堪岩 (Mountain shape is deep and profound). *同本义* ([En.]: mount) *指天道* ([En.]: law of nature and its development) - 引: 《说文》：堪，地突也。谓土之坟起者。 (From Shuowen: "堪 means the land bulges up; it refers to raised earth.") - 引: 《庄子·大宗师》：堪坏得之，以袭昆仑。 (From Zhuangzi: "堪 can be damaged, to take over Kunlun.") - 引: 《淮南子·天文》：堪舆徐行。雄以音知雌。 (From Huainanzi: "堪 follows the way of heaven.") - Example: 堪舆 (Heaven and earth; Feng Shui, also refers to Feng Shui masters); 堪舆家 (In ancient times, a type of diviner who specialized in assessing land for Feng Shui). 堪 [kān] *动* 1. 勉强承受 ([En.]: bear; endure; can stand) - Example: 人不堪其忧，回也不改其乐。(From the Analects: "People cannot endure worry, but Hui does not change his joy.") - Example: 国不堪贰，君将若之何? (From Zuo Zhuan: "The country cannot bear division; what will the ruler do?") - Example: 未堪家多难。(From the Book of Songs: "Cannot bear the many difficulties of the family.") - Example: 不堪一击 (Cannot take a single blow). 2. 能够;可以 ([En.]: can; may) - Example: 众云并不堪用，正令烧除。(From Shishuo Xinyu: "Everyone said it is not useful, just burn it.") - Example: 白璧堪裁且作环。(From Li Shangyin: "The white jade can be cut and made into a ring.") - Example: 堪称佳作 (Can be called an excellent work); 不堪设想 (Unimaginable).