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橫斜鉤

简横斜钩 · 繁橫斜鉤

Mandarin · pinyin héng xié gōu

⺄ stroke in Chinese characters

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橫: Look up this written character
斜: xié · slanting, sloping, inclined
鉤: Look up this written character
横: héng · across
钩: gōu · hook, barb; sickle; stroke with

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2–2–1 · heng2 xie2 gou1

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waang4 ce4 ngau1

Cantonese word readings for 橫斜鉤. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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