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苴
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- 苴
- jū · sackcloth; female hemp plant
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Mandarin tones
1 · ju1
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 14 senses · 7 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
caa1 · caa4 · ceoi1 · zaa2 · zaa3 · zeoi1 · zeoi2
Cantonese word readings for 苴. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- (archaic) female hemp plant; seed-bearing hemp
- (archaic) seeds of female hemp
- (archaic) coarse; rough
- (archaic) grass insole; pad in shoe
- (literary) to patch; to mend
- (archaic) to wrap
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- (archaic, rare) floating weed; dead grass
character · Etymology 3
- (literary) used in 土苴 (chǎzhǎ)
- (literary) used in 藞苴 (lǎzhǎ)
character · Etymology 4
- (historical) only used in 羊苴咩
character · Etymology 5
- (historical) name of an ancient state
character · Etymology 6
- (Southern Min) to lay something on a surface
- (Southern Min) cushion; pad
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