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務

简务 · 繁務

Mandarin · pinyin wù

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務: Look up this written character
务: wù · affairs, business; must, should

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4 · wu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mou6

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

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character · Etymology 1

to be engaged in; to be devoted to
to seek; to pursue
business; affairs
must; should; be sure to
26th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "endeavor" (𝌟)
a surname

character · Etymology 2

(Eastern Min) alternative form of 有 (“to have”)

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