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甾

Mandarin · pinyin zāi

steroid nucleus

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甾: zāi · ground that has been under cultivation for one year; evil, calamity

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1 · zai1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zi1 · zoi1

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

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(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 菑 (zī, “one-year-old cropfield”)
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 𠙹 (zī, “a kind of container”)
(～水) original form of 淄 (zī, “Zi River, a river in Shandong province”)
(historical) an ancient placename
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 𨿴 (zī, “a kind of pheasant”)

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(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 災 /灾 (zāi, “calamity; disaster”)
(～族, ～體) (biochemistry) steroid

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