かん
たん
 
あゆ
 

expression

  1. like the young man who tried to walk like the Kantan people, gave up, and forgot how to walk.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
かん
たん
 
あゆ
 
邯鄲の歩み かんたんのあゆみ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

place name, tree cricket
カン (Kentei 1)
sweet, coax, pamper
あま.い カン うま.い (7th, N2)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
place name
タン (Kentei 1)
one, single, simple
タン ひとえ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
armor, high (voice), A grade
かぶと コウ カン (8th, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
walk, counter for steps
ある.く ブ ホ (2nd, N4)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
few, little
すこ.し ショウ すく.ない (2nd, N4)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)