扻

Mandarin · pinyin zì

Meanings

  1. to strike
  2. to run against
  3. to throw, as a stone
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4 · zi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ham2 · ham6 · zit3

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

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character · Etymology 1

  1. (obsolete) alternative form of 櫛 /栉 (zhì, “to comb; comb”)

character · Etymology 2

  1. (obsolete or Cantonese, Nanning Pinghua) to hit; to bang
  2. (Cantonese) to fight

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