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闞

简阚 · 繁闞

Mandarin · pinyin kàn#

to glance
to peep

Mandarin · pinyin Kàn#

surname Kan

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闞: Look up this written character
阚: kàn · glance, peep; roar, growl

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4 · kan4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

haam2 · haam3 · ham3 · ham6

Cantonese word readings for 闞. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) alternative form of 瞰 (kàn, “to glance; to peep; to visit”)
(literary) to approach; to be near to
a surname

character · Etymology 2

(literary) angry roaring or growling (of tiger)
(literary) loud

character · Etymology 3

(historical dictionaries only) sound of dogs (Guangyun); sound of angry beasts (Jiyun)

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