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kuǎn

Meanings

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kuǎn
  1. 1.section
  2. 2.paragraph
  3. 3.funds
  4. 4.CL:笔[bǐ],个[gè]
  5. 5.classifier for versions or models (of a product)

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.money (of certain kind)
  2. 2.model, type
  3. 3.signature
  4. 4.subsection; subparagraph; subclause (in bills)
  5. 5.appearance; being
  6. 6.Classifier for varieties: kind; sort; type ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

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Etymology

Originally 歀 (kuài), phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): phonetic 柰 (OC *naːds) + semantic 欠 (“lacking, desire”), meaning “desire”. The 木 component was simplified into 士 via libian, similar to 隸→隷. Shuowen Jiezi interprets it as phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʰloːnʔ): abbreviated phonetic 窾 (OC *kʰloːnʔ) + semantic 欠 (“lacking, desire”).

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