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rèn unit of length used in ancient times, equal to 7 or 8 Chinese feet 尺[chǐ]

Etymology phono-semantic

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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