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Translingual

Han character

(radical 85 +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水廿月弓 (ETBN), four-corner 38121)

  1. wash, cleanse
  2. purge, purify
  3. soak

References

  • KangXi: page 637, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17833
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1044, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1686, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6E54

Cantonese

Hanzi

(Jyutping zin1, Yale jin1)

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. wash
  2. rinse

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(jeon) (hangeul , revised jeon, McCune-Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

  1. wash
  2. cleanse
  3. purge

Mandarin

Hanzi

(Pinyin jiān (jian1), jiàn (jian4), zàn (zan4), zhǎn (zhan3), Wade-Giles chien1, chien4, tsan4, chan3)

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