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鄲

简郸 · 繁鄲

Mandarin · pinyin dān

used in place names 邯鄲 Hán dān (historically, a county in Hebei, now a city) and 鄲城 Dān chéng (a county in Henan)

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郸: dān · county in Hebei province

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only used in 邯鄲／邯郸
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 但 (dàn)

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an ancient state and ancient county in modern Guoyang, Anhui

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