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assistant in wine shop

HSK 10
guān
カン
とねり
Components
person (side)+ bureaucrat =
assistant in wine shop
Meaning component
rén person (side)
person
Phonetic component
guān bureaucrat
official, public servant
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[guān]
keeper of domestic animals; herdsman; (old) hired hand in certain trade
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