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Mandarin · pinyin zhé

rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. chè)
(coll.) the direction of traffic
a rhyme (of a song, poem etc)
(dialect) (usu. after 有 yǒu or 沒 méi) way; idea

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辙: zhé · wagon ruts, wheel tracks

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) wagon ruts; wheel tracks
(literary) path

character · Etymology 2

(Mandarin) way; method
(Mandarin) rhyme

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