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Jiǎn

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Jiǎn
  1. 1.abbr. for 柬埔寨[Jiǎn pǔ zhài], Cambodia
jiǎn
  1. 1.card
  2. 2.note
  3. 3.letter
  4. 4.old variant of 拣[jiǎn]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.letter; note; invitation

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 束 (“tie”) + 八 (“division, individually”). Its original meaning is "to pick, to select, to choose", later written as 揀 /拣. Perhaps, the two points/marks inside the pictogram of the tied bag (later stylized as 八) mark and emphasize the content of a bag and/or the extraction of its content. See also 東, 熏, and 鹵.

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