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纂

Mandarin · pinyin zuǎn

(literary) to compile; to edit
(coll.) (hairstyle) bun; chignon (as 纂兒 zuǎn r)
red silk ribbon
variant of 纘 zuǎn

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纂: zuǎn · edit, compile; topknot, chignon

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3 · zuan3

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zyun2

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

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to edit; to compile
topknot; chignon
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 纘 /缵 (zuǎn, “to inherit; to continue”)
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 䰖 /𱆈 (“bun on a woman's head”)

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