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閣

简阁 · 繁閣

Mandarin · pinyin gé

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閣: Look up this written character
阁: gé · chamber, pavilion; cabinet

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2 · ge2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gok3

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

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character · Etymology 1

chamber; pavilion
cabinet
(Hong Kong, only used in names) apartment building

adv · Etymology 2

(Hokkien) again
(Hokkien) still; yet
(Taiwanese and Philippine Hokkien) also; as well; furthermore; in addition; moreover
(Taiwanese Hokkien) on the contrary; to the contrary; instead; rather; as a matter of fact

particle · Etymology 2

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Philippine Hokkien) Emphatic final particle used to make requests

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