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漆

Mandarin · pinyin qī

paint
lacquer
Classifier: 道 dào
to paint (furniture, walls etc)

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漆: qī · varnish, lacquer, paint

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cat1 · cit3

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

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character · Etymology 1

lacquer tree; varnish tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum)
paint; lacquer; varnish
to paint; to varnish
(literary) black; dark
Name of several rivers.
a surname

character · Etymology 2

only used in 漆漆

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