英

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: êng1
POJ: eng
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

noun: outstanding; hero (literary), short for England/Britain/English (in compounds)
英

Highly polysemous bound character (flower/blossom, outstanding, hero, surname, abbreviation for England/UK/English) sharing one reading, with no single sense clearly dominant as a standalone word.

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