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丸

Mandarin · pinyin wán

ball
pellet
pill

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丸: wán · small round object; pellet, pill

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jyun2 · jyun4

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character · Etymology 1

small round object; ball; pellet
(medicine) pill; bolus
Classifier for pills of Chinese medicine.
(obsolete) egg (of a bird)
(obsolete) to roll into a ball
a surname, Wan

character · Etymology 2

used in 烏丸／乌丸

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