"ㄢ" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /ˀän⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA] Audio: Zh-an1.ogg
Etymology: Derived from the ancient character 𢎘 (hàn) (Mandarin: hàn). Derived from the ancient character 𢎘 (hàn) (Mandarin: hàn). Etymology templates: {{cog|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{cog|cmn|-}} Mandarin Head templates: {{head|zh|letter}} ㄢ
  1. 30th letter of the Zhuyin alphabet Tags: letter
    Sense id: en-ㄢ-zh-character-9wZs0~zW Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 37 36 0 1 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 35 0 1 28 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
  2. 50th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet Tags: letter
    Sense id: en-ㄢ-zh-character-xnIYzjCC Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 37 36 0 1 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 35 0 1 28 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: アヌ (Taiwanese Hokkien kana form)
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      "zh_pron": "ān (an¹)"
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      "zh_pron": "ㄢ"
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "ān"
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      "zh_pron": "ㄢ"
    },
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      "zh_pron": "an"
    },
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "an¹"
    },
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "ān"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "an"
    },
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      "roman": "anʹ",
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        "Standard-Chinese",
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "ань"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˀän⁵⁵/",
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      ]
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    }
  ],
  "word": "ㄢ"
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      "zh_pron": "ān (an¹)"
    },
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄢ"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ān"
    },
    {
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄢ"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "an"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "an¹"
    },
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "ān"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "an"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "ань"
    },
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