Kan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kan"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 菅 (Kan) or かん (Kan).

Proper noun

Kan (plural Kans)

1. A unisex given name from Japanese
2. A surname of multiple origins.

Derived terms

• Kan complex
• Kan extension
• Kan fibration

Translations

a Japanese surname

• Arabic: كَان (ar) (kān)
• Bengali: কান (bn) (kan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 菅 (zh) (Jiān)

• Greek: Καν (el) (Kan)
• Hebrew: קאן
• Hindi: कान (hi) (kān)
• Japanese: 菅 (ja) (かん, Kan)
• Korean: 간(菅) (ko) (Gan)
• Persian: کان (fa) (kân)
• Russian: Кан (ru) m or f (Kan)
• Urdu: کان (kān)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kan is the 10,647^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3,005 individuals. Kan is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (82.60%) and White (10.85%) individuals.

Anagrams

• NAK, NKA, nak, nka

Japanese

Romanization

Kan

1. Rōmaji transcription of かん

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German channa, from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ. Cognate with German Kanne, Dutch kan, English can, Icelandic kanna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːn/

Noun

Kan f (plural Kanen, diminutive Kännchen)

1. can
2. pot
3. jug
4. churn