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筴

简策 · 繁筴

Mandarin · pinyin cè

variant of 策 cè

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筴: Look up this written character
策: cè · scheme, plan; to whip; urge

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4 · ce4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

caak3 · gaap3

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

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character

divination slip
to divine; to predict
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 策 (cè, “to scheme; to plan”)

character

(archaic) tongs; chopsticks; tweezers; pincers
(archaic) to clamp down

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