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薰
简 熏 · 薰 · 繁 薰Characters in this entry
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1 · xun1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
fan1
Cantonese word readings for 薰. 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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- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 熏
- (literary) fragrance (of flowers)
- (literary) coumarou, tonka bean (a kind of sweet grass)
- (literary) smoke; fume
- (literary) to influence; to infect; to affect
- (archaic) to chide; to teach someone a lesson
- (Min) cigarette; smoke (Classifier: 支 mn)
- a surname
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