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贛

简赣 · 繁贛

Mandarin · pinyin Gàn

abbr. for Jiangxi Province 江西省 Jiāng xī Shěng
Gan River in Jiangxi Province 江西省 Jiāng xī Shěng

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赣: gàn · Jiangxi province; places therein

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4 · Gan4

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gam3 · gung3

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character · Etymology 1

(～江, ～水) Gan River (a river in Jiangxi, China)
(alt-of, alternative, name) Alternative name for 江西 (Jiāngxī, “Jiangxi, a province of China.”).
Gan; Gan Chinese

character · Etymology 2

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to grant; to bestow
a surname

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