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歿

简殁 · 繁歿

Mandarin · pinyin mò

to end
to die

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歿: Look up this written character
殁: mò · die; death; dead

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4 · mo4

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mut6

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

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(literary) to die
alternative form of 沒 /没 — to sink
alternative form of 沒 /没 — to have no

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