| kān | to investigate/to survey/to collate |
| 勘 | to investigate to survey to collate |
| 勘定 | to demarcate to survey and determine |
| 勘察 | to reconnoiter to explore to survey |
| 勘察加 | Kamchatka (far eastern province of Russia) |
| 勘察加半岛 | Kamchatka peninsula in the Russian far east |
| 勘探 | exploration |
| 勘探者 | prospector |
| 勘查 | variant of 勘察 |
| 勘校 | collate |
| 勘正 | proofread and correct |
| 勘测 | to investigate to survey |
| 勘界 | boundary survey |
| 勘误 | to correct printing errors |
| 勘误表 | corrigenda |
| 勘验 | to investigate examination |