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can in Mandarin

cān cán cǎn càn

The syllable can is spelled with c plus the final an. 401 characters use it across the tones below, ordered from most to least common.

cānfirst tone · high and level · 4 characters

cánsecond tone · rising · 7 characters

cǎnthird tone · dipping · 4 characters

cànfourth tone · falling · 5 characters