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Yalehyūn
Definition
Daylily; a character used in personal names.
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How it's used
This character is almost exclusively used in female given names in modern Cantonese. It is often chosen for its elegant sound and association with the daylily, which historically symbolizes forgetting worries. You will rarely encounter it outside of personal names or specific literary contexts.
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Grammar guides
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- Possession (嘅)How to say my, your, and his, and how to link a describing word to a noun, all with the little word 嘅 (ge3).
