坎 かん Meanings Noun kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north) See also: 易経 (えききょう). pit; hole Kanji 坎 pitfall. Read as カン. Words containing 坎 坎為水 (かんいすい) kan (hexagram 29 of the I Ching: water, the abysmal) Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists