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葛
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- 葛
- gé · edible bean; surname
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Mandarin tones
2 · ge2
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 6 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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Cantonese word readings for 葛. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- kudzu (Pueraria lobata)
- poplin; hemp cloth
- (～國) State of Ge (a small state in modern Henan province during the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties)
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- (dialectal Wu) this
- (Northern Wu, including Suzhounese) alternative form of 個 /个 (possessive particle)
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