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范

Mandarin · pinyin Fàn

surname Fan

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范: fàn · surname; bee-like insect

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bee
(Simplified, alt-of) Simplified form of 範 /范 (fàn). Alternative of 笵 (fàn).
(～縣) Fan County, Fanxian (a county of Puyang, Henan, China)
a surname
a respelling of the Dutch patronymic van

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