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蘊

简蕴 · 繁蘊

Mandarin · pinyin yùn

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蘊: Look up this written character
蕴: yùn · to collect, gather, store; profound

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4 · yun4

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wan1 · wan2 · wan3 · wan5

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) to accumulate; to hold in store; to contain
(literary) profoundness; profundity
(Buddhism) skandha

character · Etymology 2

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) mare's tail, water plants of the genus Hippuris

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