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Nan

Pronunciation Northern /naːn˧˧/ Central /naːŋ˧˥/ Southern /naːŋ˧˧/
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bamboo slat
Noun
bamboo slat

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
bamboo slat Household Objects, Tools & MaintenanceTheme

A thin, narrow strip of bamboo used in making items like baskets, mats, or the frame of a paper fan.

vi Những nan tre mỏng này được dùng để đan giỏ đựng đồ.

en These thin bamboo slats are used for weaving storage baskets.

Parts
Inherited from Proto-Vietic / 難
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OriginInherited from Proto-Vietic

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
難
Candidates by syllable
nan 難（𥸁）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
nan giải / nan y / nan trị / nan kham …
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Starts with this word

nan giải/nan y/nan trị/nan kham/nan hoa/nan du/nan quạt

Use
nhất ngôn ký xuất, tứ mã nan truy / tiến thoái lưỡng nan / gian nan / từ nan …
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Words containing this

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Common expressions

nghi nan

Themes and tags

Household Objects, Tools & MaintenanceTheme
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