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zhāng
  1. 1.clear
  2. 2.conspicuous
  3. 3.manifest

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  1. 1.clear; obvious; conspicuous
  2. 2.to make manifest; to display; to express; to reveal
  3. 3.to commend; to praise; to distinguish
  4. 4.beautiful; brilliant; gorgeous
  5. 5.a surname

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kjaŋ): phonetic 章 (OC *kjaŋ, “emblem”) + semantic 彡 (“colorful patterns”) – conspicuous. Apparently an alternative form originally of 章 (OC *kjaŋ, “composition”). Note also similarities to Burmese တင့် (tang., “comely”) (Luce, 1981), particularly if the Old Chinese reconstruction is the same as Baxter-Sagart's for 章 (zhāng).

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