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菀
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- 菀
- wǎn · luxuriance of growth
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Mandarin tones
3 · wan3
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 4 senses · 5 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jyun2 · wan2 · wan3 · wan5 · wat1
Cantonese word readings for 菀. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- Aster, especially Aster tataricus
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- (literary) lush; luxuriant
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 苑 (“park; garden”)
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 蘊 /蕴 (“to accumulate; to gather”)
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