毈
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Meaning: infertile egg
💡 Think 'duàn' sounds like 'dud egg' – an egg that fails.
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Character Story & Explanation
毈 (duàn) is a rare character meaning an infertile egg that fails to hatch. It combines the radical 卵 (egg) with 段 (duàn, segment) as a phonetic component. This character is not used in modern everyday Chinese but appears in classical texts about poultry or ancient biology.
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