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龍龕手鑑

简龙龛手鉴 · 繁龍龕手鑑

Mandarin · pinyin Lóng kān Shǒu jiàn

Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical

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龕: Look up this written character
手: shǒu · hand
鑑: Look up this written character
龙: lóng · dragon; symbolic of emperor
龛: kān · niche, shrine
鉴: jiàn · mirror, looking glass; reflect

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2–1–3–4 · Long2 kan1 Shou3 jian4

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