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dàn
Meaning: a kind of wooden desk without legs
💡 A wooden desk (木) at dawn (旦) has no legs.
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柦 (dàn) meaning in English —

Detective's note: The character 柦 (dàn) is a rare character composed of the wood radical 木 (mù) and the phonetic component 旦 (dàn). Its basic meaning is a wooden desk without legs, used in ancient China for placing objects or as a low table. It is obscure and seldom used in modern Chinese.

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