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浣

Mandarin · pinyin huàn

to wash
to rinse
any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty)
Taiwan pr. huǎn
also pr. wǎn

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浣: huàn · to wash, to rinse

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4 · huan4

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wun2 · wun5 · wun6

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to wash; to rinse
any of the three ten-day divisions of a month
a surname

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