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蟈

简蝈 · 繁蟈

Mandarin · pinyin guō

small green cicada or frog (meaning unclear, possibly onom.)
see 蟈蟈 long-horned grasshopper

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蝈: guō · small green frog; cicada

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

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(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 蜮 (yù, “legendary creature that has three legs and harms humans”)

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frog or toad

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