Definitions

màn plain thin silk; slow; unadorned

Etymology phono-semantic

silk

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The character (traditional ) combines the silk radical () on the left with the phonetic on the right. It originally denotes plain, undyed silk fabric without patterns or embellishment, embodying the raw simplicity of textile production. By extension, it can also describe something slow, leisurely, or devoid of complex ornamentation, a metaphorical extension from the fabric's unadorned quality.

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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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