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韞

简韫 · 繁韞

Mandarin · pinyin yùn

contain

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韞: Look up this written character
韫: yùn · secrete, hide, conceal

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4 · yun4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

wan2 · wan3

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

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) to contain; to hold in store
(literary) to hide; to conceal

character · Etymology 3

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a red or orange color
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bow case

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