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粲 · Zhong Yao

Càn (4th tone). The Shuowen Jiezi defines it with a miller’s precision: 「稻重一䄷,爲粟二十斗,爲米十斗,曰毇;爲米六斗太半斗,曰粲。从米㕟聲」 — from a fixed weight of paddy you get twenty dou of grain, ten dou of husked rice (毇), and when that is pounded down to six-and-a- $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart