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眚
Mandarin · pinyin shěng
Meanings
- cataract of the eye
- error
Characters in this entry
- 眚
- shěng · disease of the eyes; crime, fault
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Mandarin tones
3 · sheng3
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Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
saang2
Cantonese word readings for 眚. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- disease of the eye; cataract
- eclipse
- fault; negligence
- disaster; catastrophe
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 省
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