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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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嶢
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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14692
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Phonetic
component
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垚
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Rime
group
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宵
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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堯
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋeːw/
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Adjective
嶢嶢
- (literary, typically of a mountain) high and steep; tall and lofty
常聞語曰：“嶢嶢者易缺，皦皦者易汙。”
常闻语曰：“峣峣者易缺，皦皦者易污。” - From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5th century CE
- Cháng wén yǔ yuē: “Yáoyáo zhě yì quē, jiǎojiǎo zhě yì wū.”
- I've always been hearing a proverb saying, "Those towering and lofty are easily damaged, and those bright and white are easily defiled."
- (literary, figurative) upright; honest
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