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回鶻

简回鹘 · 繁回鶻

Mandarin · pinyin Huí hú

Huihu, ancient name of an ethnic group who were the ancestors of the Uyghurs 維吾爾族 Wéi wú ěr zú and the Yugurs 裕固族 Yù gù zú

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回: huí · return, turn around; a time
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鹘: gǔ · a kind of pigeon; Treron permagna

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2–2 · Hui2 hu2

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(archaic, Tang dynasty) Uighur

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