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kěn
HSK 6freq #3114

Meanings

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kěn
  1. 1.old variant of 肯[kěn]
kěn
  1. 1.to agree; to consent
  2. 2.to be willing to

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.meat attached to the bone; tendon; sinew
  2. 2.to be willing to; to be ready to
  3. 3.to consent to; to permit; to agree
  4. 4.how could it be that
  5. 5.to be only
  6. 6.Used in transcription.

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): abbreviated 冎 (“bone”) + 肉 (“meat”) – meat attached to the bone. Originally 肎 or 𦘫; the top component was later corrupted to 止.

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Components

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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Derived terms

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