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㩜

简㨫 · 繁㩜

Mandarin · pinyin lǎn

variant of 擥 lǎn

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3 · lan3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

laam2 · laam5

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

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monopolize; seize; to take into one's arms; to take on (responsibility, etc.)
to embrace
fasten (with a rope, etc.)
to canvass

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