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滔 · Yan Zhenqing

Tāo (1st tone). The Shuowen Jiezi defines it as 「水漫漫大皃。从水舀聲」 — ‘the appearance of water spreading, vast’ — and Duan Yucai notes that 漫漫 should be read 曼曼, ‘long and unbroken’, since Xu Shen’s text has no 漫 character. It is a word of volume $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart