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洵

Mandarin · pinyin xún

truly
whirlpool

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洵: xún · true, real, truly, really

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2 · xun2

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hyun3 · seon1

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(literary) truly; indeed
An ancient river now in what is now Taiyuan, Shanxi.
An ancient river entering the Han River in Xunyang County, Shaanxi.
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 泫 (xuàn, “shedding tears”)

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(historical dictionaries only) Defined in historical dictionaries as 均.
(historical dictionaries only) Defined in historical dictionaries as 堪.

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 敻 (“far; faraway”)

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