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沱

Mandarin · pinyin tuó

tearful
to branch (of river)

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沱: tuó · rivers, streams, waterways; flow

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

to4

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character · Etymology 1

(dialectal) small bay in a river (also used in place names)
(～江) Tuojiang; Tuo River
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) tearful; wailing
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) rainy

character · Etymology 2

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