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發睏

简发困 · 繁發睏

Mandarin · pinyin fā kùn

to get sleepy

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發: fā · issue, dispatch, send out, emit
睏: Look up this written character
发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair
困: kùn · to surround, besiege; to be surrounded; difficult; hexagram ䷮

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1–4 · fa1 kun4

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faat3 kwan3

Cantonese word readings for 發睏. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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