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紆

简纡 · 繁紆

Mandarin · pinyin yū#

winding
twisting

Mandarin · pinyin Yū#

surname Yu

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紆: Look up this written character
纡: yū · bend, turn, twist; distort

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jyu1

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

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winding; tortuous; twisting and turning
depressed; downcast
to entwine; to wind around; to encircle
to hang; to wear
a surname

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