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糝

简糁 · 繁糝

Mandarin · pinyin sǎn

to mix (of powders)

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糝: Look up this written character
糁: sǎn · a grain of rice; rice gruel mixed with meat

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3 · san3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

saam2 · sam2 · sam3

Cantonese word readings for 糝. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

grain of cooked rice
(literary) to mix rice with soup
(literary) to scatter

character · Etymology 2

crushed grain

character · Etymology 3

(Cantonese, Southern Min) to sprinkle (powder)

character · Etymology 4

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to gobble; to devour; to gorge
(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) casually; at random; carelessly; haphazardly; randomly; as one pleases; without restraint or goal

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