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剅

Mandarin · pinyin lóu

(dialect) an opening at the bottom of a dike for letting water in or out
small channel across a river embankment
(used in place names)
Taiwan pr. dōu

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剅: lóu · mouth of a stream; waterway beneath a dam

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(dialectal) waterway underneath a dam or across a dike
a substitution for the character 扣; fastening

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