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錡

简锜 · 繁錡

Mandarin · pinyin qí

three legged cauldron (old)
woodworking chisel (old)

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錡: Look up this written character
锜: qí · a kind of pen; a kind of chisel

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

kei4

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

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character · Etymology 1

(historical) three-legged cooking pot
(historical) chisel
war axe with three blades or teeth (the original meaning of the pictogram 我)

character · Etymology 2

(historical) rack for storing crossbows
a surname

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