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緡

简缗 · 繁緡

Mandarin · pinyin mín

cord
fishing-line
string of coins

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緡: Look up this written character
缗: mín · fishing-line; cord; string of coi

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2 · min2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fan1 · man4

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(archaic) fishing line
(archaic) cord for stringing coins
(historical) Name of a country at the northeast of what is now Jinxiang county, Shandong province.
(dialectal, obsolete) to apply; to cover
a surname

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