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撏

简挦 · 繁撏

Mandarin · pinyin xián

to pull out (esp. hair or feathers)
to pick
to pluck
fig. to extract (lines from a text)

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挦: xián · pull out, pluck; take hold of

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2 · xian2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cam4 · cim4

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

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character · Etymology 1

to pull out, pluck
to tear
(Southern Min) to scoop

character · Etymology 2

(Taiwanese Hokkien) to take out

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