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旰

Mandarin · pinyin gàn

sunset
evening

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旰: gàn · sunset, dusk; evening

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4 · gan4

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gon3 · hon5 · hon6

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) sunset; dusk; evening

character · Etymology 2

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 旰旰 (hànhàn, “grand; splendid”)

character · Etymology 3

(Teochew, Hainanese) half a day
(Teochew, Hainanese, Leizhou Min, in compounds) time of day

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