窾

Mandarin · pinyin cuàn#

Meanings · cuàn

  1. to conceal
  2. to hide
Mandarin · pinyin kuǎn#

Meanings · kuǎn

  1. crack
  2. hollow
  3. cavity
  4. to excavate or hollow out
  5. (onom.) water hitting rock
  6. (old) variant of 款 kuǎn
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  1. (archaic) hole; crack
  2. (archaic) hollow; empty

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窾 · cuan4 · kuan3
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source lines 82,486, 82,487
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Exact source records窾 窾 [cuan4] /to conceal/to hide/窾 窾 [kuan3] /crack/hollow/cavity/to excavate or hollow out/(onom.) water hitting rock/(old) variant of 款[kuan3]/