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宦門

简宦门 · 繁宦門

Mandarin · pinyin huàn mén

family of officials
family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China)

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宦: huàn · officialdom, government official
門: mén · gate, door, entrance, opening; Kangxi radical 169
门: mén · gate, door, entrance, opening

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4–2 · huan4 men2

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waan6 mun4

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