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殽

简淆 · 肴 · 繁殽

Mandarin · pinyin xiáo#

variant of 淆 xiáo

Mandarin · pinyin yáo#

variant of 肴 yáo

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殽: Look up this written character
淆: xiáo · confused, in disarray, mixed up

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2 · xiao2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

haau6 · ngaau4

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

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character · Etymology 1

(Cantonese) bent; deformed

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