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大竹

Mandarin · pinyin Dà zhú

see 大竹縣 Dà zhú Xiàn

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
竹: zhú · bamboo; flute; Kangxi radical 118

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4–2 · Da4 zhu2

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name · Etymology 1

(～縣) Dazhu (a county of Dazhou, Sichuan, China)
(～村) Dazhu (a village in Xinshi, Jingshan, Jingmen, Hubei, China)

name · Etymology 2

(～市) Ōtake (a city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan)

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