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劐

Mandarin · pinyin huō#

(coll.) to slit with a knife
(variant of 耠 huō) hoe
to loosen soil with a hoe

Mandarin · pinyin huò#

(literary) variant of 穫 huò

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劐: huō · destroy

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hap6 · wok6

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character · Etymology 1

to cut open
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 耠 (huō, “to hoe”)
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to scrape with one's finger
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to sweep (the floor)

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