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Mandarin · pinyin duì#

to cash
to exchange
to add (liquid)
to blend
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 bā guà, symbolizing swamp
☱

Mandarin · pinyin Duì#

surname Dui

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兌: Look up this written character
兑: duì · cash; exchange

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4 · dui4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

deoi3 · deoi6 · jeoi6

Cantonese word readings for 兌. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

(literary, obsolete, anatomy) opening, aperture; (especially) one of the sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, mouth)
(literary, obsolete) (of a way or path) to clear; to make accessible
☱, the 2nd of the 8 trigrams
☱, the 2nd of the 8 trigrams — the west
58th hexagram of the I Ching
(archaic, literary) joy; contentment; happiness
to exchange; to redeem — (finance) to redeem; to withdraw; to exchange
to exchange; to redeem — (xiangqi) to sacrifice one's piece to capture an opponent's piece; similar to an exchange sacrifice in chess
(historical, trading) to weigh gold or silver as currency using a balance
to mix with, blend with
(historical) Duì (a skilled craftsperson who makes halberds)
a surname

character · Etymology 2

only used in 兌命 (Yuè Mìng)

character · Etymology 3

(Taiwanese Hokkien) alternative form of 佗 (tōe, toeh), contraction of 佗位 (tó-ūi, “where”)

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