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Translingual
Han character
皆 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 心心竹日 (PPHA), four-corner 21601, composition ⿱比白)
Derived characters
- 偕, 勓, 喈, 堦, 揩, 楷, 湝, 瑎, 稭, 蝔, 諧(谐), 鍇(锴), 階, 𩀊, 鶛(𱊐), 龤
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 786, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22699
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2647, character 1
- Unihan data for U+7686
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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皆
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*kriːl
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偕
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*kriːl
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階
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*kriːl
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喈
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*kriːl
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稭
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*kriːl, *kriːd
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堦
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*kriːl
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楷
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*kriːl, *kʰriːlʔ
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鶛
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*kriːl
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湝
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*kriːl, *ɡriːl
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蝔
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*kriːl, *ɡriːl
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鍇
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*kriːl, *kʰriːlʔ
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揩
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*kʰriːl
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諧
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*ɡriːl
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瑎
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*ɡriːl
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龤
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*ɡriːl
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Attested in bronze script as an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 比 (“two people; to compare”) + 曰 (“to speak”); to compare several people, hence all. 曰 later corrupts into 白. Based on the corrupted form, Shuowen reinterprets this character as a ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 比 + 白.
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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皆
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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jiē
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Middle Chinese
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‹ kɛj ›
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Old Chinese
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/*kˁrij/
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English
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all
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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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皆
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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6415
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Phonetic component
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皆
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Rime group
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脂
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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皆
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Old Chinese
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/*kriːl/
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Definitions
皆
- (literary) all; every; everybody
- 自古皆有死 ― zìgǔ jiē yǒu sǐ ― from of old, everyone is mortal (see 自古皆有死,民無信不立 / 自古皆有死,民无信不立 (zìgǔ jiē yǒu sǐ, mín wúxìnbùlì))
- (Taiwan) zetta- (SI unit prefix)
- Synonym: 泽 (zé) (mainland)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
都 (“all; both”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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皆, 均, 俱
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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都, 全, 皆, 均, 俱
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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都, 全
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Taiwan
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都
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Malaysia
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都
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Singapore
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都
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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都, 全
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Xi'an
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都
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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都, 下
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Wuhan
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都, 下
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Guilin
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都
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
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都, 全
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Hefei
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都
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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都
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Hong Kong
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都
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Yangjiang
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都
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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都
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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都
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Gan
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Nanchang
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都
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Hakka
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Meixian
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都
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Wuhua (Meilin)
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都
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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都
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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都
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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都
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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都
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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都
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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攏
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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都, 全
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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都
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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都
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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攏, 計, 計計
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Xiamen (Tong'an)
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攏
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Quanzhou
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攏, 計, 計計
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Zhangzhou
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攏, 計, 計計
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Zhao'an
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攏
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Dongshan
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攏
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Tainan
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攏
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Penang (Hokkien)
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到了
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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攏, 攏總, 計
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Manila (Hokkien)
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攏, 攏總
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Chaozhou
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攏
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Shantou
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攏
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Jieyang
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攏
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Singapore (Teochew)
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攏
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Wenchang
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都
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Qionghai
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攏
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Singapore (Hainanese)
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攏
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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都
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Wu
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Shanghai
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儕, 禿 obsolete
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Shanghai (Songjiang)
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儕
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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儕, 孩
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Suzhou
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儕
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Wuxi
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儕
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Nantong (Haimen)
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儕, 孩, 純, 恆, 禿
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Tongxiang
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儕
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Ningbo
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和
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Wenzhou
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沃
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Lishui
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都
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Qingyuan
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都
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Xiang
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Changsha
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下, 都
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Shuangfeng
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下
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
皆
(Jōyō kanji)
Readings
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 皆 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 皆, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 皆 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 皆, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 3
From Middle Chinese 皆 (MC keaj).
Pronunciation
Affix
皆 • (kai)
- all; every
Korean
Hanja
皆 • (gae) (hangeul 개, revised gae, McCune–Reischauer kae, Yale kay)
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Vietnamese
Han character
皆: Hán Nôm readings: giai
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Zhuang
Verb
皆
- Sawndip form of gai (“to sell”)