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瀾

简澜 · 繁瀾

Mandarin · pinyin lán

swelling water

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澜: lán · overflowing; waves, ripples

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2 · lan2

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laan4 · laan6

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character · Etymology 1

wave; billow
ripple
to surge; to swell
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 灡 /𬉠 (lán, “water from washed rice”)

character · Etymology 2

used in 瀾漫／澜漫 and 瀾汗／澜汗

character · Etymology 3

(chiefly Hakka, Min, Southern Wu) saliva

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