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