蠗

Mandarin · pinyin zhuó

Meanings

  1. (ape)
  2. (shell)
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蠗
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2 · zhuo2

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zok6

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  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of monkey
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a small kind of shellfish

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