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蹠

简跖 · 繁蹠

Mandarin · pinyin zhí

metatarsus
(literary) sole of the foot
(literary) to tread on

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跖: zhí · sole (of the foot)

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2 · zhi2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zek3 · zik3

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

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