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穀

简谷 · 繁穀

Mandarin · pinyin gǔ

grain
corn

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穀: Look up this written character
谷: gǔ · valley, gorge, ravine; Kangxi radical 150

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3 · gu3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gau3 · guk1 · huk6

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corn; grain; cereal
foxtail millet (Setaria italica, the plant or the unhulled grain)
(literary) salary of an official
(literary) to rear; to bring up
(literary) to live
(regional) paddy; unhulled rice
(regional) rice plant
(literary) good; fine
a surname

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