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Translingual
Han character
犍 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹手弓大手 (HQNKQ), four-corner 25544, composition ⿰牜建)
- a bullock
- a fabulous monster
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 702, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20078
- Dae Jaweon: page 1115, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1814, character 13
- Unihan data for U+728D
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 犍
|
*ɡran, *kan
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| 騝
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*ɡran, *kan
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| 鍵
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*ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ
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| 揵
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*ɡran, *kanʔ
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| 鞬
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*kan
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| 腱
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*kan, *ɡans
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| 湕
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*kanʔ
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| 建
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*kans
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| 旔
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*kans
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| 楗
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*ɡanʔ
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| 健
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*ɡans
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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犍
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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6215
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Phonetic
component
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建
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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𢳚
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Old
Chinese
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/*kan/
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Definitions
犍
- bullock; ox
- † to castrate
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
公牛 (“bull; ox”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
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犅, 特, 犆 †, 牯 †, 犍 †, 犗 †
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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公牛, 牯牛, 牡牛, 雄牛, 犍牛 †, 閹牛 †, 種牛 ‡
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| Mandarin
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Beijing
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公牛
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| Taiwan
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公牛
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| Langfang
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牤牛
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| Tangshan
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牤牛
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| Cangzhou
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公牛
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| Baoding
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牤子
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| Shijiazhuang
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牤牛
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| Daming
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毛牛
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| Ulanhot
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牤牛, 牤子
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| Tongliao
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牤牛, 牤子
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| Chifeng
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牤牛
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| Bayanhot
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公牛, 犍牛
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| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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牤牛, 牤子
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| Harbin
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牤子, 牤牛, 犍牛 †
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| Shenyang
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牤子
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| Yantai (Muping)
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犍子, 蛋犍子
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| Qingdao
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公牛
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| Jinan
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牤牛, 公牛, 犍子 †
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| Luoyang
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公牛
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| Wanrong
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𤙎牛, 犍牛 †
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| Zhengzhou
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牤牛, 老犍 †
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| Xi'an
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公牛, 犍牛 †
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| Yinchuan
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騷牛, 犍牛 †
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| Lanzhou
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騷牛, 脬牛, 犍牛 †
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| Xining
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公牛, 犍牛 †
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| Ürümqi
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脬牛, 犍牛 †
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| Wuhan
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公牛, 牯牛
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| Huanggang
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牯牛
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| Chengdu
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公牛, 牯牛
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| Guiyang
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牯牛, 騷牯
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| Kunming
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公牛
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| Guilin
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公牛
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| Liuzhou
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公牛, 牛牯, 閹牯 †
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| Xuzhou
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牤牛, 牤犍 †, 犍子 †
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| Yangzhou
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公牛, 牯牛
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| Nanjing
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牯子, 騷牯子, 公牛 †
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| Hefei
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犍牛, 牯牛
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| Nantong
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公牛, 驐牛 †
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| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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脬牛, 犍牛 †
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| Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
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脬牛, 犍牛 †
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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牛公, 牛牯
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| Hong Kong
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牛公, 公牛
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| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
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牛公
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| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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牛公
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| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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牛牯
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| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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牛牯
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| Macau
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牛公
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| Guangzhou (Panyu)
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牛公
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| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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牛公
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| Guangzhou (Conghua)
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牛公
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| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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生牯, 牛牯 †
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| Foshan
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牛公
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| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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牛公
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| Foshan (Shunde)
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牛公
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| Foshan (Sanshui)
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牛牯
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| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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牛牯
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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牛公
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| Zhuhai (Qianshan)
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牛公
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| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
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牛牯
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| Zhuhai (Doumen)
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牛公
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| Jiangmen (Baisha)
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牛牯
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| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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牛牯
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| Taishan
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牛牯, 牛公
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| Kaiping (Chikan)
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牛牯
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| Enping (Niujiang)
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牛牯
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| Heshan (Yayao)
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牛公
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| Dongguan
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牛公
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| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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牛公
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| Qingyuan
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牛牯
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| Fogang
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牛牯
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| Yingde (Hanguang)
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牛公
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| Yangshan
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牛牯
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| Lianshan (Butian)
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牛牯
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| Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
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牛牯
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| Shaoguan
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牛公, 牛牯
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| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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牛牯
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| Renhua
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牛牯
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| Lechang
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牛牯
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| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
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牛牯
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| Sihui
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牛牯
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| Guangning
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牛牯
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| Deqing
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牛公
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| Huaiji
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牛公
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| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
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牛牯
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| Yunfu
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牛牯
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| Xinxing
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牛牯
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| Luoding
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牛牯
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| Yunan (Pingtai)
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牛牯
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| Yangjiang
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牛公, 牛牯
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| Xinyi
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牛牯
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| Lianjiang
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牛公
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| Nanning
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牛公
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| Wuzhou
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牛牯
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| Yulin
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牛公, 牛牯
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| Danzhou
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公牛
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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牛公
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| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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牛公
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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牛牯, 樣牯子, 驐牯子 †
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| Lichuan
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牛牯, 結牛 †
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| Pingxiang
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牛牯, 牯牛, 閹牛牯 †
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| Guixi
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閹牯 †
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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牛牯, 牛牯仔
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| Xingning
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牛牯
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| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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牛牯, 牛公
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| Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)
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牛牯
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| Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)
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牛牯
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| Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)
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牛牯
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| Dongguan (Qingxi)
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牛公, 牛牯仔
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| Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)
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牛公, 牛牯
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| Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)
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牛公, 牛牯
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| Boluo (Bendihua)
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牛牯
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| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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牛牯
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| Zengcheng (Zhengguo)
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牛牯
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| Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
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牛牯
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| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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牛牯
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| Wuhua (Shuizhai)
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牛牯
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| Wuhua (Huacheng)
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牛牯
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| Wuhua (Changbu)
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牛牯
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| Wuhua (Mianyang)
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牛牯
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| Heyuan (Bendihua)
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牛牯
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| Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)
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牛牯
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| Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
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牛牯
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| Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)
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牛牯
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| Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
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牛牯
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| Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)
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牛牯
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| Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
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牛牯
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| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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牛牯
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| Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)
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牛牯
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| Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)
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牛牯
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| Liannan
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牛牯
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| Conghua (Lütian)
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牛牯
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| Jiexi
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牛牯
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| Changting
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牛牯
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| Wuping
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牛牯
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| Ninghua
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牛牯
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| Yudu
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牛牯
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| Ruijin
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牛牯 †
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| Shicheng
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牛牯
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| Shangyou (Shexi)
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牛牯
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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牛牯
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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牛牯
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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牛牯
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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牛牯
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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牛牯
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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牛牯
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| Hong Kong
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牛牯
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| Luchuan
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牛牯
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| Luchuan (Daqiao)
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牛牯頭
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| Sabah (Longchuan)
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牛牯
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| Senai (Huiyang)
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牛牯
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| Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
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牛牯
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| Singkawang
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牛牯
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
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牯牛, 驐牛 †
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| Tunxi
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公牛
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| Yixian
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牯牛, 犍牯
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| Qimen
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牯牛, 騷牯, 犍牯 †
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| Wuyuan
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牛牯仂
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| Fuliang
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牯牛 †
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| Dexing
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牛牯, 肉牛 †
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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公牛
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| Pingyao
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牙牛
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| Xinzhou
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公牛, 犍牛
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| Taibus (Baochang)
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牤牛
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| Linhe
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騷牛
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| Jining
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犍牛
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| Hohhot
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牤牛
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| Baotou
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犍牛
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| Dongsheng
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公牛
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| Zhangjiakou
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犍牛
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| Handan
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犍牛
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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牛牯
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| Jian'ou (Dikou)
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牛牯
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| Songxi
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牛牯
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| Zhenghe
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牛牯
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| Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
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牛牯, 羯牯 †
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| Jianyang
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牛牯
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| Wuyishan
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牛牯
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| Pucheng (Shibei)
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牛牯
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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牛犅
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| Changle
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牛犅
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| Fuqing
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牛犅
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| Yongtai
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牛犅
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| Gutian
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牛角
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| Fu'an
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牛牯
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| Ningde
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牛犅
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| Shouning
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牛牯
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| Zhouning
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牛牯
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| Fuding
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牛牯
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| Matsu
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牛犅
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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牛犅
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| Xiamen (Tong'an)
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牛犅
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| Quanzhou
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牛犅
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| Jinjiang
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牛犅
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| Yongchun
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牛犅, 牛牯 ‡
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| Zhangzhou
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牛犅 †
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| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
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牛犅
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| Dongshan
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牛公
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| Taipei
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牛犅
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| New Taipei (Sanxia)
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牛犅
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| Kaohsiung
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牛犅
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| Yilan
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牛犅
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| Changhua (Lukang)
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牛公, 牛犅仔
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| Taichung
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牛公
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| Tainan
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牛犅
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| Hsinchu
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牛犅
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| Kinmen
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牛犅
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| Penghu (Magong)
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牛犅
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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牛公, 牛犅
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| Zhangping
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牛犅
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| Zhangping (Yongfu)
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牛牯, 牛犅
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| Datian
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牛犅
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| Pingnan (Shangdu)
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公牛
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| Chaozhou
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牛牯
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| Shantou
|
牛牯
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| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
牛牯
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| Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
公牛
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| Jieyang
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牛牯
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| Haifeng
|
牛牯
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| Bangkok (Teochew)
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牛公
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| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
牛牯
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| Leizhou
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牛牯, 牛閹 †
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| Wenchang
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牛牯
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| Haikou
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牛公, 牛牯
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| Puxian Min
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Putian
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牛公, 公牛
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| Xianyou
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牛公
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| Fuding (Aoyao)
|
牛牯
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| Central Min
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Yong'an
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牛牯
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| Sanyuan
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牛牯
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| Zhongshan Min
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Shaxi (Longdu)
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牛翁
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| Sanxiang
|
牛牯
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| Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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公牛, 牯牛
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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雄牛, 公牛, 驐牛 †
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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牯牛
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| Shanghai (Jiading)
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牯牛, 公牛, 驐牛 †
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| Shanghai (Songjiang)
|
雄牛
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| Suzhou
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雄牛, 牯牛
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| Wuxi
|
雄牛
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| Danyang
|
公牛
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| Hangzhou
|
公牛
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| Ningbo
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雄牛, 羯牛 †
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| Wenzhou
|
牛牯
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| Jinhua
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雄牛, 牛牯, 羯牛 †
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| Jinhua (Tangxi)
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羯牯
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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牛牯子, 牛牯, 牯牛, 牛公子, 牛公, 騷牯子
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| Xiangtan
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牯牛
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| Shuangfeng
|
牛牯
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| Quanzhou
|
牯牛, 閹牛 †
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| Note
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† - bullock; ‡ - stud
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Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
| Character
|
犍
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
| No.
|
6209
|
Phonetic
component
|
建
|
Rime
group
|
元
|
Rime
subdivision
|
1
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
乾
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*ɡran/
|
Definitions
犍
- Only used in 犍為／犍为 (Qiánwéi).
References
Japanese
Kanji
犍
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
犍 • (geon) (hangeul 건, revised geon, McCune–Reischauer kŏn, Yale ken)
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