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錁

简锞 · 繁錁

Mandarin · pinyin kè

grease-pot for cart
ingot

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锞: kè · ingot; acrobatic move

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4 · ke4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fo3 · gwo2

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

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character

gold or silver ingot

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(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 輠 /𰺍 (“grease pot hung under axle of cart”)
(historical dictionaries only) sickle
(dated, chemistry) transcription of gallium

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