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蹶

Mandarin · pinyin jué#

to stumble
to trample
to kick (of horse)

Mandarin · pinyin juě#

see 尥蹶子 liào juě zi

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蹶: jué · juě · stumble, fall down; trample

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2 · jue2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gwai3 · kyut3

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

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character · Etymology 1

to tumble; to fall down
to run
to fail
to step on; to tread on
rapidly; suddenly

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