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The cash (Chinese: 文 wén) was a currency denomination used in China between 621 and 1948. It was the chief denomination until the introduction of the yuan in the late 19th century. The English term "cash" was first used on coins issued in Kwangtung Province in 1900. It did not appear on paper money. This name was derived from the Tamil kāsu, a South Indian monetary unit. The plural forms "cash"... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
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    Chinese wén

    The wén (English: cash, Chinese: 文) was a currency denomination used in China between 621 and 1948. It was the chief denomination until the introduction of the yuan in the late 19th century.
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    Chinese cash (currency unit)

    Early Korean and Japanese currencies, the Korean mun and Japanese mon, were derived from the Chinese n and written with the same character.
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    the Chinese for "culture", see Chinese culture ... Chinese n (文), the currency of China from the 6th century BC until 1889 AD
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    Honchō Monzui

    Divisions are based on Chinese n Xuǎn (文選) in which the two share 12 sections.
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    Chinese yuan

    Many notes were issued denominated in English in cash (n). ... The Chinese Soviet Republic issued copper 1 and 5 fen and silver 2 jiao and 1 yuan coins.
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    Mandarin Chinese profanity

    The 中文大辭典 Zhōng n dà cí diǎn (Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Chinese Language)), (something a little like the OED) discusses 王八 (wáng bā) in vol. 6 p. 281.
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    Spoken Chinese

    Chinese people make an impressional strong distinction between written language (文, Pinyin: n) and spoken language (语/語 yǔ).
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    Chinese name

    With a limited repertoire of family names, Chinese depend on using given names to introduce variety in naming. ... | 3 | School name: | Sūn Wén (孫文) |
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    List of Chinese people

    The following is a list of famous Chinese-speaking/writing people. ... | Wén Tóng | Wen T'ung | 文同 | 文同 | 1018-1079 | Style name Yuke (与可) |
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    Lists of Chinese people

    The following is a list of famous Chinese-speaking/writing people. ... | Wén Tóng | Wen T'ung | 文同 | 文同 | 1018-1079 | Style name Yuke (与可) |

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