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to boil

HSK 10
guàn
Components
Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
water
Phonetic component
guān bureaucrat
official, public servant
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[guàn]
(classical) to boil
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