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範

简范 · 繁範

Mandarin · pinyin fàn

pattern
model
example

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範: Look up this written character
范: fàn · surname; bee-like insect

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4 · fan4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

faan6

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

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character

(literary) mould
pattern; model
boundary; rule; law
to restrict; to restrain
(alt-of, misspelling) misspelling of 范 (fàn, surname)

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