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楷
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- 楷
- kǎi · model style of Chinese writing
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Mandarin tones
1 · jie1
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 6 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gaai1 · kaai2
Cantonese word readings for 楷. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- Chinese pistache (Pistacia chinensis)
- (obsolete, figurative) upright; staunch
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- model; pattern
- model style of Chinese writing
- a surname
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- (Cantonese) Classifier for slices of a fruit, especially of an orange, mandarin, tangerine, pomelo, etc.
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