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鸞

简鸾 · 繁鸞

Mandarin · pinyin luán

mythical bird related to phoenix

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鸞: Look up this written character
鸾: luán · fabulous bird

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2 · luan2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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

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luan (mythical bird related to the fenghuang; sometimes translated as simurgh)
(alt. form 鑾／銮) the bells at horses' bits
imperial
a surname

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