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淦

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: gam3
POJ: kàm
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

proper-noun: surname, (obsolete, of water) to leak into a boat
淦

Etymology 1 groups an obsolete verb sense ('water leaking into a boat'), a river name (Gan River in Jiangxi), and a surname under the identical Teochew reading gam3; the surname sense was picked as the most plausible everyday usage.

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