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日本鶺鴒

简日本鹡鸰 · 繁日本鶺鴒

Mandarin · pinyin Rì běn jí líng

(bird species of China) Japanese wagtail (Motacilla grandis)

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日: rì · sun; day; daytime
本: běn · root, origin, source; basis
鶺: Look up this written character
鴒: Look up this written character
鹡: jí · wagtail
鸰: líng · species of lark; wagtail; Motacilla species (various)

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4–3–2–2 · Ri4 ben3 ji2 ling2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jat6 bun2 zek3 ling4

Cantonese word readings for 日本鶺鴒. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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