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布坎南

Mandarin · pinyin Bù kǎn nán

(surname) Buchanan

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布: bù · cotton cloth, textiles, linen
坎: kǎn · pit, hole; snare, trap; crisis; trigram ☵; hexagram ䷜
南: nán · south; southern part; southward

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4–3–2 · Bu4 kan3 nan2

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