阐 (闡) chǎn

  1. chǎn verb to explain; to clarify; to elucidate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 阐明 (ABC 'chǎn' 阐, p. 91; CCD '阐'; FE '闡' 1; GHDC '阐' 2; Kroll 2015 '闡' 2, p. 40; Mathews 1931 '闡', p. 16; NCCED '阐', p. 171; Unihan '闡')
  2. chǎn adjective clear; evident
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (FE '闡' 2; Kroll 2015 '闡' 1a, p. 40)
  3. chǎn verb to open
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 打开 (GHDC '阐' 1; Guoyu '闡' v 1; Kroll 2015 '闡' 1, p. 40; Mathews 1931 '闡', p. 16)
  4. chǎn proper noun Chan
    Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Historic Place Name 古地名
    Notes: (GHDC '阐' 3)
  5. chǎn verb to augment; to develop
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '闡' v 2; Kroll 2015 '闡' 3, p. 40)
  6. chǎn verb explain; deśayati
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: deśayati, Japanese: sen (BCSD '闡', p. 1201; DJBT '闡', p. 423; Edgerton 1953 'deśayati', p. 272; MW 'diś'; SH '闡', p. 483)

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