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儭

chèn

Character

What 儭 means

1. to assist
2. to give alms

Sounds the same

Read chèn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 衬(of garments) against the skin; to line; lining
• 趁to avail oneself of; to take advantage of
• 称to fit; to match; to suit; (colloquial) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. chèng
• 谶(literary) prophecy; omen
• 疢(disease)
• 榇Sterculia plantanifolia; coffin
• 龀to replace the milk teeth
• 爯old variant of 称

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