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庫

简库 · 繁庫

Mandarin · pinyin kù

warehouse
storehouse
(file) library

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库: kù · armory, treasury, storehouse

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4 · ku4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fu3 · se3

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warehouse; storehouse; armory
(physics) short for 庫侖／库仑 (kùlún, “coulomb (unit of electrical charge)”)
(programming) library
a surname, Ku

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