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嘉禾

Mandarin · pinyin Jiā hé

see 嘉禾縣 Jiā hé Xiàn

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嘉: jiā · excellent; joyful; auspicious
禾: hé · grain still on stalk; rice plant

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1–2 · Jia1 he2

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noun

(literary) thriving grain

name

(～縣) Jiahe (a county of Chenzhou, Hunan, China)

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