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gèn

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gèn
  1. 1.one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā guà], symbolizing mountain
  2. 2.
  3. 3.ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)
gěn
  1. 1.blunt
  2. 2.tough
  3. 3.chewy

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  1. 1.one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing mountains. (☶)
  2. 2.a surname
  3. 3.blunt; straightforward
  4. 4.tough, chewy

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 目 (“eye”) + 人 (“person”) — a person looking back (Ji Xusheng, 2004) to introduce the concept of disobedience and/or limit. Similar but unrelated to 見.

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