荅

Mandarin · pinyin dā#

Meanings · dā

  1. variant of 答 dā
Mandarin · pinyin dá#

Meanings · dá

  1. variant of 答 dá
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1 · da1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daap3 · taap3

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

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character · Etymology 1

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) small bean
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) A classifier.
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) thick
  4. a surname

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