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阿蒙

Mandarin · pinyin Ā méng

Amun, deity in Egyptian mythology, also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen

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阿: ā · prefix for people's names; used in transliteration
蒙: méng · cover; ignorant; suffer; Mongolia; hexagram ䷃

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1–2 · A1 meng2

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