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亶
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- 亶
- dǎn · sincere; real, true; truth
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Mandarin tones
3 · dan3
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 11 senses · 4 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
daan6 · sin4 · sin6 · taan2
Cantonese word readings for 亶. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- (literary) sincere, truthful
- (literary) alternative form of 但 (dàn, “just; but”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of grains) plenty
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) thick; thicken; alternative form of 單 /单
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) big
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 𤺺 (“to fall ill”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 袒 (tǎn, “bare”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 殫 /殚 (dān, “to exhaust”)
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 邅 (zhān)
character · Etymology 3
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 𦒜 (xiān, “to fly”)
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