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旃

Mandarin · pinyin zhān

felt
silken banner

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旃: zhān · silk banner with bent pole

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zin1

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) red, unadorned flag with a bent shaft
(literary, in general) banner; flag
(literary) to commend, praise
(alt-of, obsolete) obsolete form of 氈 /毡 (zhān, “felt”)
a surname, Zhan

character · Etymology 2

(abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, literary, obsolete) contraction of 之焉 (zhī yān)

character · Etymology 3

(literary, obsolete) Used in transcription.

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