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黽

简黾 · 繁黽

Mandarin · pinyin měng#

toad

Mandarin · pinyin mǐn#

to strive

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黽: Look up this written character
黾: mǐn · to strive; to endeavor

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3 · meng3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

maang5 · man5 · min5

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

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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

a kind of frog

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(literary, alt. form 僶／𠊟) to endeavor; to strive for

character

(alt. form 澠／渑) only used in 黾池 (“an ancient place name”)

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only used in 黽塞／黾塞 and 黽隘／黾隘

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