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軫

简轸 · 繁軫

Mandarin · pinyin zhěn

square
strongly (as of emotion)

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轸: zhěn · cross board at rear of carriage

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3 · zhen3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

can2 · zan2

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(archaic) cross board at rear of a carriage
(archaic) carriage
(obsolete) square
(archaic) tuning peg of a string instrument
(archaic) to turn around; to rotate
(literary) sorrowful; pained
(Chinese astronomy) Chariot Mansion
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 畛 (zhěn, “path between fields”)

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