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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *三* | 三* | *三
three / 3
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *伞* | 伞* | *伞
umbrella / parasol / CL:
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *散* | 散* | *散
to scatter / to break up (a meeting etc) / to disperse / to disseminate / to dispel / (coll.) to sack
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *伞* | 伞* | *伞
damask silk / variant of 傘|伞
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *散* | 散* | *散
variant of
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *散* | 散* | *散
scattered / loose / to come loose / to fall apart / leisurely / powdered medicine
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *三* | 三* | *三
surname San
San Antonio, Texas
San Jose
San Francisco, California
(TCM) the three truncal cavities (thoracic, abdominal and pelvic), known as the "triple heater" or "San Jiao"
Santiago, capital of Chile / San Diego, California
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *叁* | 叁* | *叁
three (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
San Salvador, capital of El Salvador
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *糁* | 糁* | *糁
to mix (of powders)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *馓* | 馓* | *馓
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *潵* | 潵* | *潵
to disperse water
San Marino
San Juan, capital of Puerto Rico
reading or phonetic value of a character / (Japanese linguistics) on-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from its pronunciation in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: An on-reading of a character is distinguished from its kun-reading(s) 訓讀|训读. For example, has an on-reading "san" and a kun-reading "yama".)
a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子 may be pronounced as its synonym 色子, and in Wu dialects, is pronounced as its synonym 兩|两 "liahn") / to pronounce a word using such a reading / (Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀|音读. For example, has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".)
Berkeley (name) / George Berkeley (1685-1753), Bishop of Cloyne, famous British philosopher / Berkeley, university city in the San Francisco bay area, California
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *壭* | 壭* | *壭
one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "san"), an ancient Korean writing system
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *叁* | 叁* | *叁
variant of 參|叁
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *〣* | 〣* | *〣
numeral 3 in the Suzhou numeral system 蘇州碼子|苏州码子
Zhang San, name for an unspecified person, first of a series of three: 張三|张三, 李四, 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry / (dialect) wolf
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毵* | 毵* | *毵
long-haired / shaggy
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鏾* | 鏾* | *鏾
the trigger of a crossbow / crossbow
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鬖* | 鬖* | *鬖
wild hair
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *弎* | 弎* | *弎
archaic variant of 參|叁, banker's anti-fraud numeral three
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *叄* | 叄* | *叄
variant of 參|叁
San Francisco (California)
Cheng San (precinct in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore) / Cheng Shan GRC, formerly (until the 1997 elections) a group representation constituency (electoral division) in Singapore
(Tw) San Jose
san'ao decoction (TCM)
mama-san, middle-aged woman who runs a brothel, bar etc (loanword from Japanese); madam
(Tw) San Diego, California / Santiago, capital of Chile
San Marino (Tw)
Cape San Diego or Santiao, easternmost point of Taiwan Island
Emeryville, city on San Fransico Bay, California
Aung San Suu Kyi (1945-), Myanmar opposition leader and 1991 Nobel Peace laureate / also written 昂山素姬
San Andreas Fault, California / also written 聖安德列斯斷層|圣安德列斯断层
Aung San (1915-1947), Burmese general and politician, hero of Myanmar independence movement and father of Aung San Su Kyi 昂山素季
Lao San Pian, three short essays written by Mao Zedong before the PRC was established
San Jacinto
San Andreas Fault, California


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