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掗

简挜 · 繁掗

Mandarin · pinyin yà

attach
brandish
hold

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4 · ya4

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aa2 · aa3 · ngaa6

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

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character · Etymology 1

(Wu, Yangzhou Mandarin) to make someone buy or take something
(archaic) to press; to push down

character · Etymology 2

(archaic) to take

character · Etymology 3

(Cantonese) to occupy

character · Etymology 4

(Hokkien) to take; to get

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