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破體字

简破体字 · 繁破體字

Mandarin · pinyin pò tǐ zi

nonstandard or corrupted form of a Chinese character

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破: pò · break, ruin, destroy; rout
體: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit
字: zì · letter, character, word
体: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit; inferior

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Mandarin tones

4–3–5 · po4 ti3 zi5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

po3 tai2 zi6

Cantonese word readings for 破體字. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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