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匡
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- 匡
- kuāng · correct, restore, revise
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1 · kuang1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hong1
Cantonese word readings for 匡. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- (literary) upright
- to correct; to rectify
- (literary) to assist
- (literary) to save; to rescue
- to predict; to expect
- (obsolete) to lose
- (historical) name of an ancient book
- (historical) name of two ancient places in Henan
- (alt-of, alternative, name) Alternative name for 廬山／庐山 (Lúshān).
- (obsolete) shell of crabs
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 恇 (kuāng)
- a surname
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