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圪

Mandarin · pinyin gē

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圪: gē · (圪墶) a pimple; a mound

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gat3 · gat6 · ngat6

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character · Etymology 1

(obsolete, of a wall) tall

character · Etymology 2

used in 圪墶／圪垯 (gēda, “mound; lump”), etc.
Used in onomatopoeias.
(Jin) An unproductive prefix that appears in a series of words; see 圪頭詞 /圪头词 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ᶻʰ

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