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扃

Mandarin · pinyin jiōng

(literary) to shut or bolt a door
door

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扃: jiōng · a door bar placed outside a door

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1 · jiong1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gwing1 · gwing2

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doorlatch
clasp; latch; bolt; fastener (on some item)
doorleaf
to close; to shut; to bolt (a door)
(Chinese mythology) Jiong of Xia (twelfth king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty)

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