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閫

简阃 · 繁閫

Mandarin · pinyin kǔn

threshold
inner appartments
woman
wife (honorific)

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閫: Look up this written character
阃: kǔn · threshold; women's quarters

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3 · kun3

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kwan2

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(literary) threshold; doorsill; doorstep
(literary) threshold; doorsill; doorstep — (literary, specifically) threshold of the outer wall of a city
(literary) women's quarters
(literary) women
(literary, honorific) wife

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