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English definition active; clever; prompt witty; smart; earnest; diligent; to hasten
Mandarin pronunciation(s), using the Hanyu Pinyin romanization system min3
Cantonese pronunciation(s), using the Jyutping romanization system man5
Cantonese pronunciation(s), using the Yale romanization system man5
Japanese (Kana) ビン
Japanese (Hepburn) satoi
Sino-Japanese bin
Semantic variants (x- or y-variants with similar or identical meaning)
Unicode radical / stroke count + 7
Unicode total stroke count 9
Cangjie XOYKS
漢語大字典 <Hanyu Da Zidian> 'Great Chinese Character Dictionary' (in 8 Volumes). Hubei and Sichuan Dictionary Publishing Collectives, 1986-1990. ISBN: 7-5403-0030 2/H.16 volume 1, page 371, character 8
KangXi dictionary, 7th edition published by Zhonghua Bookstore in Beijing, 1989 page 147, position 28
Dae Jaweon (Korean) dictionary, first edition, published in Seoul by Samseong Publishing Co., Ltd., 1988 page 332, position 10
Chinese-English Dictionary by Robert H. Mathews, Cambrige: Harvard University Press, 1975 4517
Student's Cantonese-English Dictionary by Bernard F. Meyer and Theodore F. Wempe (3rd edition, 1947) 1784b
Unicode code point (dec / hex): 21188 / 52C4


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