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死文字

Mandarin · pinyin sǐ wén zì

dead language
indecipherable script

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死: sǐ · die; dead; death
文: wén · literature, culture, writing
字: zì · letter, character, word

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3–2–4 · si3 wen2 zi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sei2 man4 zi6

Cantonese word readings for 死文字. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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