掾
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Meaning: official
💡 Think 'hand' (扌) + 'team' (彖 sounds like 'team') = official's hand in team management.
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Character Story & Explanation
掾 (yuàn) is a historical Chinese character meaning 'official' or 'subordinate officer'. It combines the hand radical 扌 (hand) with 彖 (tuàn, a phonetic component). In ancient China, 掾 referred to clerks or assistants in government offices. Today it is rarely used in daily language but appears in historical texts and names.
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