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鎦
简 镏 · 繁 鎦Characters in this entry
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Mandarin tones
2 · liu2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
lau4 · lau6
Cantonese word readings for 鎦. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- a traditional Chinese gilding process involving gold dissolved in mercury, which is painted on silver, copper, brass, or bronze wares
- (historical dictionaries only) alternative form of 劉 /刘 (liú, “to kill”)
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- (dialectal) finger ring
- (historical dictionaries only) pot
character · Etymology 3
- (Taiwan, obsolete in Mainland China, chemistry) lutetium
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