Etymology

Kuan

K5U1A1N1

Today it means: A surname from Chinese. Full definition →

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The story

Borrowed from Mandarin 關/关 (guān), Cantonese 關/关 (gwaan1), or Hokkien 關/关 (Koan).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.