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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
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Mandarin
er2, neng2
English
Definitions
and; but (not); and yet; as well as; shows causal relation; shows change of state; shows contrast; yet (not); with; and then
Etymology
Notes
Pictograph: a beard; originally meant whiskers; then stage of life