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纊

简纩 · 繁纊

Mandarin · pinyin kuàng

fine floss-silk or cotton

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纩: kuàng · cotton; silk

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4 · kuang4

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kong3 · kwong3

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) silk wadding; silk floss
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) silkworm cocoon
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 曠 /旷 (kuàng, “vast; broad”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Classifier for eighty threads.

character · Etymology 2

(Cantonese) to bump against; to rub against
(Cantonese) to bolt (a door) hastily
(figuratively) to compete

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