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撽

Mandarin · pinyin qiào

to beat with a stick
to hit from the side

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4 · qiao4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gik1 · haau3

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

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character · Etymology 1

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 𢶡 (“to hit from the side”)

character · Etymology 2

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 邀 (yāo, “to intercept”)

character · Etymology 3

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 擊 /击 (jī, “to hit; to strike”)

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