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楯

Mandarin · pinyin shǔn

draw forth
horizontal railing

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楯: dùn · shǔn · shield; horizontal bar

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3 · shun3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

seon5 · teon5

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character

horizontal bar in balcony; railing

character

(literary) alternative form of 盾 (“shield”)

character

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 輴 /𮝸

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