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CHINESE CHARACTER
yāng
殃
殃
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disaster
- Numbered pinyin
- yang1
- English meanings
- calamity; disaster; to bring disaster
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
surname Yang
keep
center; beg
illness; ailment
to raise
raise; spread
poplar; surname Yang
measure word (kinds)
oxygen (chemistry)
vast
ripple
to itch
seedling; sprout
baa
sun; yang
sun; yang
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Related words
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- 遭殃
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