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鋸

简锯 · 繁鋸

Mandarin · pinyin jū#

variant of 鋦 jū

Mandarin · pinyin jù#

a saw (Classifier: 把 bǎ)
to saw

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鋸: Look up this written character
锯: jù · a saw; to saw; amputate

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

geoi3 · goe3 · guk1

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

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character · Etymology 1

saw (tool) (Classifier: 把 m c)
to saw
to amputate
(dialectal) to play (a stringed instrument)

character · Etymology 2

to kill; to slaughter
(Cantonese, figuratively) to swindle (to obtain by deceitful methods)

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