潘基文 Chinese English dictionary 潘基文 translate 潘基文 pinyin

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潘基文

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
潘基文 Pān Jīwén	潘基文 \| 潘基文* \| *潘基文	Ban Ki Moon (1944-), Korean diplomat, UN secretary-general 2007-2016

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
潘	潘 \| 潘* \| *潘	15画水氵氺 + 12	pān, pán, fān, pàn, bō	surname; water in which rice has been rinsed; a river that flows into the Han	pun1	3216.9 EHDW


基	基 \| 基* \| *基	11画土 + 8	jī	foundation, base	gei1	4410.4 TCG


文	文 \| 文* \| *文	4画文 + 0	wén, wèn	literature, culture, writing	man4	0040.0 YK

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
潘基文 Pān Jīwén	潘基文 \| 潘基文* \| *潘基文	Ban Ki Moon (1944-), Korean diplomat, UN secretary-general 2007-2016


潘 Pān	潘 \| 潘* \| *潘	surname Pan / Pan (Greek god)


潘 pān	潘 \| 潘* \| *潘	(archaic) water in which rice has been washed / (Tw) kitchen waste; food scraps (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [phun])


基　jī	基 \| 基* \| *基	(bound form) base; foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)


文　　Wén	文 \| 文* \| *文	surname Wen


文　　wén	文 \| 文* \| *文	language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67