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撟

简挢 · 繁撟

Mandarin · pinyin jiǎo

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3 · jiao3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

giu2 · giu6

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

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) to raise the hand
(literary) to raise; to lift
(literary) to fake; to pretend
(literary) alternative form of 矯 /矫 (jiǎo, “to correct; to rectify”)

character · Etymology 2

(literary) to take

character · Etymology 3

(Cantonese) to wipe

character · Etymology 4

(Cantonese) alternative form of 繑 /𰬐

character · Etymology 5

(Hokkien) alternative form of 撨 (chhiâu)

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