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纈

简缬 · 繁纈

Mandarin · pinyin xié

knot
tie a knot

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纈: Look up this written character
缬: xié · patterned silk; tie knot

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2 · xie2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hit3 · kit3 · lit3

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

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character · Etymology 1

patterned silk

character · Etymology 2

(Cantonese) knot (Classifier: 個／个 c)

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