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Translingual
Han character
球 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一土戈十水 (MGIJE), four-corner 13132, composition ⿰𤣩求)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 732, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21011
- Dae Jaweon: page 1144, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1114, character 15
- Unihan data for U+7403
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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救
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*kus
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求
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*ɡu
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球
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*ɡu
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逑
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*ɡu
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賕
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*ɡu
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蛷
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*ɡu
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莍
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*ɡu
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殏
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*ɡu
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梂
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*ɡu
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俅
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*ɡu
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脙
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*ɡu, *qʰu
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絿
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*ɡu
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銶
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*ɡu
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毬
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*ɡu
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捄
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*ɡu, *ko
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觩
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*ɡu
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡu) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 求 (OC *ɡu).
Etymology 1
"Ball", earlier some "kind of jade". Bodman (1980) relates this to Wuming Zhuang klauA2 (“ball”), and relates 俅 (qiú, “gem-adorned”) to Tibetan གྲུ (gru, “lustre of gems”). This character had a softened initial in Proto-Min.
Originally written as 毬 (since Tang dynasty). The form 球 (since Qing dynasty) is now more common.
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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球
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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qiú
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Middle Chinese
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‹ gjuw ›
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Old Chinese
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/*(r)/
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English
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"ball"?
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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球
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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10561
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Phonetic component
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求
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Rime group
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幽
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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𧚍
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡu/
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Definitions
球
- † fine jade
- † percussion instrument made of jade
- ball; globe; orb
- 氣球/气球 ― qìqiú ― balloon
- 雪球 ― xuěqiú ― snowball
- (mathematics) ball; solid sphere
- earth
- 全球 ― quánqiú ― whole world
- ball (in sports)
- 發球/发球 ― fāqiú ― to serve
- 一個籃球/一个篮球 ― yī ge lánqiú ― a basketball
- ball game
- 球迷 ― qiúmí ― fan of a ball sport
- 一場球/一场球 ― yī chǎng qiú ― a ball game
- (Teochew, Xiang) Classifier for spherical objects, such as balls of string
- 一球毛線/一球毛线 ― yī qiú máoxiàn ― a ball of knitting wool
- (botany) Short for 仙人球 (xiānrénqiú, “ball-shaped cactus”).
- Short for 球根 (qiúgēn, “bulb, corm, tuber”).
- (slang) testicle
- (dialectal Mandarin, Jin, vulgar) Expletive. Often used in the form of ……個球(…… my ass). Underlying meaning may be "testes".
- (Cantonese, colloquial) million dollars
- (medicine, attributive) bulbar
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
球 (“ball”)
Dialectal synonyms of
睪丸 (“testicle”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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外腎, 腎
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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睪丸, 精巢
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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卵子兒, 卵包子, 小蛋兒
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Taiwan
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蛋蛋
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Harbin
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卵子兒
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Singapore
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球
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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球蛋
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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蛋子兒, 蛋
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Wanrong
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子
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Xi'an
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蛋子兒
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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卵子
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Lanzhou
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脬子兒, 腎
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Ürümqi
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脬卵子, 卵子
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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卵, 卵蛋, 蛋蛋, 卵子, 敲敲兒
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Wuhan
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卵子, 卵蛋, 卵坨
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Guiyang
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卵蛋
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Liuzhou
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卵考子, 考子
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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卵子
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Yangzhou
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卵蛋, 卵子子
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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春子
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Hong Kong
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春, 春子, 春核, 波子, 蛋蛋, 睪丸
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Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
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核
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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核春
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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核仁
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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春牯
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Dongguan
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春核
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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卵子
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Hepu (Shatian)
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卵脬仁
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Guiping
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核子
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Guiping (Mule)
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𨳍卵
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Pingnan
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核卵
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Guigang (Gangcheng)
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核仔
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Guigang (Pingdong)
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核仁
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Beihai
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卵仁
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Beihai (Nankang)
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卵仁
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Beihai (Yingpan)
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卵仁
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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卵仁
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
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卵核
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Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
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卵核
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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春仔
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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卵
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Móng Cái
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卵核
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Gan
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Lichuan
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順子
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Pingxiang
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卵坨子
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Hakka
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Meixian
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核卵
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Xingning
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核卵
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Dabu (Xihe)
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核卵仁
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Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)
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核卵
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Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
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核卵
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Wuhua (Shuizhai)
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核卵
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Wuhua (Huacheng)
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核卵
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Wuhua (Changbu)
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核卵
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Wuhua (Mianyang)
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核卵
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Jiexi
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核卵
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Changting
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卵子
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Longyan (Yongding)
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核卵
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Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)
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核卵仁
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Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)
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核卵
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Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)
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核卵
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Wuping (Zhongshan)
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核卵
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Liancheng (Peitian)
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卵子
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Liancheng (Juxi)
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核卵
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Liancheng (Zhongbao)
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核卵
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Liancheng (Laiyuan)
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核卵
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Yudu
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卵子
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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核卵
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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核卵
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Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
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核卵
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Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
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核卵仁
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Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
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核卵仔
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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核卵
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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核卵
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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核卵
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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核卵
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Hong Kong
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核卵
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Sabah (Longchuan)
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核卵
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Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
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核卵仁
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Senai (Huiyang)
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核
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Singkawang
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核卵
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Bangkok (Meixian)
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核卵
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Bangkok (Fengshun)
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核卵
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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卵子
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Jin
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Pingyao
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堆兒, 蛋
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Xinzhou
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蛋籽子
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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𡳞核子, 𡳞核
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Fuzhou (Changle)
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𡳞核子
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Fuqing
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𡳞核子
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Yongtai
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𡳞脬子
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Gutian
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𡳞核子
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Fu'an
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𡳞脬子
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Ningde
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𡳞脬子
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Shouning
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𡳞脬子
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Zhouning
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尿脬子
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Fuding
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卵脬子
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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𡳞核, 腎子
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Quanzhou
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𡳞核, 腎子
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Jinjiang
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𡳞核
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Yongchun
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𡳞核, 𡳞核子
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Zhangzhou
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𡳞核, 腎子
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Zhao'an
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𡳞核
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Taipei
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𡳞核
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Taipei (Wanhua)
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𡳞脬核仔
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New Taipei (Tamsui)
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𡳞核
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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𡳞核
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New Taipei (Pingxi)
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𡳞核
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Kaohsiung
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𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
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Kaohsiung (Cijin)
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𡳞核仔, 𡳞核
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Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
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𡳞核
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Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
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𡳞核
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Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
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𡳞核
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Yilan
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𡳞核
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Yilan (Toucheng)
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𡳞核仔
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Changhua (Lukang)
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𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
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Taichung
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𡳞核仔
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Taichung (Wuqi)
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𡳞核
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Tainan
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𡳞核, 𡳞核仔, 腎子
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Tainan (Anping)
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𡳞核
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Taitung
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𡳞核仔
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Hsinchu
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𡳞核, 𡳞核仔
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Kinmen
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𡳞核
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Penghu (Magong)
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𡳞核
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Penghu (Xiyu)
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𡳞核
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Penang (Hokkien)
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𡳞核, 核, 𡳞脬子
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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𡳞核, 腎子, 𡳞脬子
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Manila (Hokkien)
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𡳞核
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Chaozhou
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核
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Shantou
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𡳞核
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Shantou (Chenghai)
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𡳞核
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Nan'ao (Houzhai)
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𡳞核
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Nan'ao (Yun'ao)
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𡳞核
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Jieyang
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𡳞核, 𡳞仁
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Haifeng
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𡳞脬核
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Bangkok (Teochew)
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𡳞核
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Leizhou
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𡳞脬子, 𡳞脬核, 核子
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Wenchang
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𡳞仁
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Haikou
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𡳞脬仁
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Puxian Min
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Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
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𡳞核
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Central Min
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Sanming (Sanyuan)
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石核
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Sanming (Shaxian)
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尿脬核
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Shaojiang Min
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Mingxi
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腎肚子
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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卵子
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Wu
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Shanghai
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卵子
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Suzhou
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卵子
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Danyang
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卵脬黃, 卵子黃
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Hangzhou
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卵子
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Ningbo
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卵黃, 卵袋黃
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Wenzhou
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卵子, 卵袋子, 陰袋子
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Jinhua
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老核子
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Jinhua (Tangxi)
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卵核
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Xiang
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Loudi
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考子, 卵子
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Hengyang
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睪子
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Compounds
Descendants
Others
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 球 – see 璆 (“beautiful jade; tinkle of jade objects”). (This character is a variant form of 璆). |
References
Japanese
Kanji
球
(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
Readings
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 毬 / 球 (gjuw, “ball, sphere, orb”).
Pronunciation
Noun
球 • (kyū) ←きう (kiu)?
- sphere, globe, orb
- (baseball) pitch
- (slang, electronics) vacuum tube, valve
- 五球スーパーラジオ
- gokyū sūpā rajio
- five-tube superheterodyne receiver
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
球 • (tama)
- ball
- bulb (as in a light bulb)
- (slang, electronics) vacuum tube, valve
- 球のアンプ
- tama no anpu
- tube amplifier
- (baseball) pitch
- いい球
- ii tama
- good pitch
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
球 (eumhun 공 구 (gong gu))
- hanja form? of 구 (“ball”)
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
球: Hán Việt readings: cầu
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