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歙

Mandarin · pinyin shè

used in 歙縣 Shè Xiàn (the name of a place in Anhui)

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歙: shè · to suck; a county's name in anhui

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4 · she4

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hap1 · jap1 · kap1 · sip3

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character · Etymology 1

inhale
diminish, curb; close, converge. ("收斂、閉合")
harmonizing, stabilizing (in 歙然: "和洽、安定")

character · Etymology 2

(～縣) She County (a county of Huangshan, Anhui, China)

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