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禺
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- 禺
- yú · district; mountain in Zhejiang
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Mandarin tones
3 · ou3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jyu4 · jyu6
Cantonese word readings for 禺. 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 · Etymology 1
- (obsolete) a kind of large monkey with a long tail and red eyes
character · Etymology 2
- (obsolete) area; district
- (obsolete) time before noon, around 9–11 a.m.
- (obsolete) (literary) alternative form of 愚 (yú, “foolish”)
- (～山) Yu (a mountain in Zhejiang, China)
- a surname
character · Etymology 3
- (obsolete) alternative form of 偶 (ǒu): — to match; to be a pair
- (obsolete) alternative form of 偶 (ǒu): — statue; figure
character · Etymology 4
- only used in 禺禺
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