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繪

简绘 · 繁繪

Mandarin · pinyin huì

to draw; to paint
to depict; to portray

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绘: huì · draw, sketch, paint

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4 · hui4

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kui2 · kui3

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character

(literary, or in compounds) to draw; to sketch; to paint
(literary, or in compounds) to describe; to portray; to depict
(literary) embroidery with five colors

character

(historical dictionaries only) to tie one's hair with various colors

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