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cǎn

Meanings

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cǎn
  1. 1.if, supposing, nevertheless

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.if; supposing; nevertheless
  2. 2.name of a county in Hangzhou, Zhijiang

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sʰlɯːmʔ, *zlam): phonetic 兓 (OC *sl'ɯm) + semantic 口. The semantic component was originally 口 in oracle bone script, which later corrupted into 甘 in bronze script, then 曰 in seal script, and finally 日 in standard script.

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Components

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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