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摳

简抠 · 繁摳

Mandarin · pinyin kōu

to dig; to pick; to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed)
to carve; to cut
to study meticulously
stingy; miserly
to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe)

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抠: kōu · raise, lift up; tight-fisted

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

kau1

Cantonese word readings for 摳. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) to lift (one's clothes)
to dig out (with one's fingers or a pointed object)
to carve; to cut
to delve into; to study meticulously
(colloquial or dialectal) tight-fisted; stingy; miserly
(Internet slang, sex) to finger; to use the fingers to penetrate or sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vulva, vagina, or anus

character · Etymology 2

(Cantonese, Eastern Min) to mix

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