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Translingual
Han character
麈 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+5, 16 strokes, cangjie input 戈心卜土 (IPYG), four-corner 00214, composition ⿸鹿主)
- species of deer, an elk
- fly-whisk
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1509, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47616
- Dae Jaweon: page 2038, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4729, character 9
- Unihan data for U+9E88
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 飳
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*tʰoːʔ
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| 妵
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*tʰoːʔ
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| 黈
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*tʰoːʔ
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| 蘣
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*tʰoːʔ
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| 罜
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*doːɡ, *tjos
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| 拄
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*toʔ
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| 柱
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*toʔ, *doʔ
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| 駐
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*tos
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| 註
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*tos, *tjos
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| 鉒
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*tos
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| 軴
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*tos
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| 住
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*tos, *dos
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| 跓
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*doʔ
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| 嵀
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*doʔ
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| 主
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*tjoʔ
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| 麈
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*tjoʔ
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| 宔
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*tjoʔ
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| 炷
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*tjoʔ, *tjos
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| 注
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*tjos
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| 疰
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*tjos
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| 蛀
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*tjos
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| 霔
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*tjos
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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麈
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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17619
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Phonetic
component
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主
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Rime
group
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侯
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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主
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Old
Chinese
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/*tjoʔ/
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Definitions
麈
- a kind of deer
- to whisk; to dust
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
麈
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
麈 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)
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