袒 is also the simplified spelling of 襢.
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袒
Mandarin · pinyin tǎn
Meanings
- to bare
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- 袒
- tǎn · strip; lay bare; bared; naked
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Mandarin tones
3 · tan3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
taan2
Cantonese word readings for 袒. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- (often in compounds) to bare one's upper body, strip oneself naked to the waist
- (by extension) to reveal, display; to open up, confess
- (historical, in ceremonies) to slip off the left sleeve of the formal outerwear and expose the intermediate robe (裼衣)
- (literary) to bare an upper arm
- (Buddhism) to bare the right shoulder in reverence
- (idiomatic, now in compounds) to favor, support (especially unconditionally); to show partiality for
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