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繆

简缪 · 繁繆

Mandarin · pinyin miù#

variant of 謬 miù

Mandarin · pinyin móu#

used in 綢繆 chóu móu

Mandarin · pinyin mù#

old variant of 穆 mù

Mandarin · pinyin Miào#

surname Miao

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繆: Look up this written character
缪: móu · wind around, bind; prepare

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4 · miu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mau4 · mau6 · miu6 · muk6

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

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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

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ten bundles of hemp
a type of silk
used in 綢繆／绸缪 (chóumóu)

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to deceive; to feign
(obsolete) different
(alt. form 謬／谬) error; mistake
(alt. form 謬／谬) erroneous; mistaken

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a surname

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to interlock
thin
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 糾 /纠
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 摎

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(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 穆 (mù, “reverent; solemn”)
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 穆 (mù, “right side position of ancestral tablets in ancestral shrines”)

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(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 繚 /缭 (liáo, “to wind around; to entwine”)

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only used in 繆繆／缪缪

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only used in 蜩繆／蜩缪

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(alt. form 戮, 勠) to join forces

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