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頡

简颉 · 繁頡

Mandarin · pinyin jié#

used in 倉頡 Cāng Jié

Mandarin · pinyin xié#

(of a bird) to fly upwards
(of the neck) stiff

Mandarin · pinyin Xié#

surname Xie

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頡: Look up this written character
颉: jié · fly upward, soar; contest

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2 · jie2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

git3 · kit3

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

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character · Etymology 1

to fly up
to straighten the neck
a surname

character · Etymology 2

to embezzle; to rob
used in 頡羹／颉羹

character · Etymology 3

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 桔, only used in 頡皋／颉皋

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