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絀

简绌 · 繁絀

Mandarin · pinyin chù

crimson silk
deficiency
to stitch

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絀: Look up this written character
绌: chù · sew, stitch; insufficient

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4 · chu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ceot1 · zeot1 · zyut3 · zyut6

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

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insufficient
(obsolete) deep red
(obsolete) sew; stitch
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 黜 (chù, “to dismiss”)

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