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juàn
Meaning: a bag which holds 30 pecks
💡 Imagine a bag with '30' written on it: 帣 holds 30 pecks.
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帣 (juàn) meaning in English —

Detective tracing the evolution of 帣 (juàn): Originally depicting a leather bag (⻊, simplified from 韋) with a seal or closure (⺈). In ancient China, it referred to a specific grain measure—a bag holding exactly 30 pecks (斛). This character is rare today, found mostly in historical texts about weights and measures.

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