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CHᴺUA CHʽᴺUA CHUAK CHUAN CHʽUAN

2
Aslant; distorted; depraved; incorrect.
3-
Plants or herbs; a proper name.

Chⁿua.

-1
A fountain or spring of water; source; origin.
2
A small cup for wine, oil &c.
3-
Mean; low; cheap.

Chʽⁿua.

3-
To shut; bar a door; to fasten.

Chuak.

-4
Name of an insect resembling a silk worm.
-4
Muddy; foul water.
-4
A fat, sleek appearance; to wash.

Chuan.

1
One; single; oneness of pursuit; to assume; usurp.
1
The head or commencement; a hollow vessel.
1
A narrow passage for water; rapids; to flow against.
1
To regulate; direct; to pay close attention; correct; eminent.
1
Haste; speed; to go and return with speed.
2
To turn; revolve; to turn about.
2
Modulations of voice; chirping.
-3
To arrange; prepare; make; compose.
-3
To make, write or compose a book.
-3
Food; to eat and drink.
3-
To collect; assemble; to cover a coffin without interring.

Chʽuan.

-1
Complete; entire; to finish.
-1
A bullock without blemish for sacrifice.
-1
To cure disease; convalescent; cured.
-1
A bamboo instrument for catching fish.
-1
To weigh; discriminate and select; to examine.
1
A stream; flowing; to flow.
穿1
To bore through; perforate; to put on clothes.
2
To pant; breathe short, as in asthma.
3-
To run away and hide; pusilanimous; to seduce to vice.
3-
To connect as beads; to conspire; unite as accomplices.
3-
To rebel and seize by violence; to usurp.