絓

Mandarin · pinyin guà#

Meanings · guà

  1. to hinder
  2. to offend
  3. to form
  4. unique
Mandarin · pinyin kuā#

Meanings · kuā

  1. type of coarse silk
  2. bag used to wrap silk before washing
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4 · gua4

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gwaa3 · waa6

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character

  1. to entangle
  2. (alt. form 罣) to hinder; to obstruct
  3. (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 掛 /挂 (guà, “to hang”)

character

  1. coarse silk

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絓 · gua4 · kua1
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source lines 85,699, 85,700
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Exact source records絓 絓 [gua4] /to hinder/to offend/to form/unique/絓 絓 [kua1] /type of coarse silk/bag used to wrap silk before washing/