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艮

gěn/gèn

blunt; tough

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Ancient forms

3 forms
  1. Oracle boneShang
  2. BronzeWestern Zhou
  3. Small sealQin–Han

Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

Meaning

gěn gen3
  1. blunt
  2. tough
  3. chewy
gèn as in 儒艮 gen4
  1. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 bā guà, symbolizing mountain
  2. ☶
  3. ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)

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