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冠

“to put on; to wear; to clothe”

冠 is a surname from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. It is used in Chinese and Japanese.

Chinese and JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Kanmuri.

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Meaning & origin

What it means

冠 goes back to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)wa-n, meaning “to put on; to wear; to clothe.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

冠 comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)wa-n (“to put on; to wear; to clothe”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

冠’s family of names

In Japanese usage, 冠 can be written in the Roman alphabet as Kanmuri.

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冠KanmuriGuan

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