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銖

简铢 · 繁銖

Mandarin · pinyin zhū

twenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)

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铢: zhū · unit of weight, one twenty-fourth of a Chinese ounce (liang)

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1 · zhu1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

syu4 · zyu1

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character · Etymology 1

(historical) zhu (an ancient Chinese unit of weight notionally equivalent to 100 millet seeds or 1/24 liang/tael, chiefly used for denominating small coins)
a surname

character · Etymology 2

Thai baht (currency unit)

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