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貙

简䝙 · 繁貙

Mandarin · pinyin chū

(archaic) animal resembling a tiger

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貙: Look up this written character
䝙: chū · a kind of animal like a tiger; fierce wild beasts

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1 · chu1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ceoi1 · keoi1 · syu1

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

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a beast resembling a leopard cat or raccoon dog
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a dog-sized, tiger-like beast with markings like a leopard cat's or raccoon dog's.
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a small tiger with five fingers

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