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別字

简别字 · 繁別字

Mandarin · pinyin bié zì

see 白字 bái zì

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別: Look up this written character
字: zì · letter, character, word
别: bié · separate, other; do not

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2–4 · bie2 zi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bit6 zi6

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noun · Etymology 1

typo; misspelt word or character
(alt-of, alternative, variant) variant or alternative form of a word or character
(dated) another name; alias

verb · Etymology 2

(Quanzhou Hokkien) to perform glyphomancy; to tell fortunes by disassembling Chinese characters

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