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棖

简枨 · 繁棖

Mandarin · pinyin chéng

door post

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棖: Look up this written character
枨: chéng · door stop, door jam; touch; (Cant.) to use the body to move someone

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2 · cheng2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

caang4

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

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doorstop, doorjamb
to touch with something
a prop, post

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(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 橙 (chéng, “orange”) (used in 棖橘／枨橘)

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