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16-stroke Chinese characters

Explore 475 characters with 16 strokes. Compare pronunciation and meaning, then open any character for animated stroke order and a printable worksheet.

ǎi

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ān

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áo

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áo

difficult to pronounce

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áo

nippers

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bàn

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báo

thin

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bào

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bèi

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bèng

a squat jar for holding wine, sauces etc

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bèng

small coin

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wall

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(treat as a) favorite

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fine-toothed comb

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Ficus pumila

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fever

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to avoid

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biàn

to distinguish

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biàn

to dispute

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biǎo

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biāo

whitlow

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biāo

dart-like throwing weapon

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biāo

whirlwind

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biāo

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bīn

to approach

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bīn

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cān

meal

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cāng

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cāo

to grasp

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cāo

rough

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chái

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chán

still (as of water)

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chǎng

overcoat

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chāng

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chāng

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chén

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chéng

orange tree

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chēng

stare at sth beyond reach

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chí

bamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes

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chì

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chī

dragon with horns not yet grown (in myth or heraldry)

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chī

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chóu

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chōu

to convalesce

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chú

wardrobe

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chù

to be afraid

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chuài

used in 囊膪[nang1 chuai4]

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chuài

to kick

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chuí

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cuàn

to seize

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cuó

brine

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cuò

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cuō

to error

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dàn

tranquil

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dān

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dān

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dàng

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dǎng

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dāng

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dēng

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dysprosium (chemistry)

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to kick

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diàn

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diàn

indigo pigment

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diān

top (of the head)

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diāo

to carve

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diāo

porgy

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dié

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dié

to tread on

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dìng

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duì

dislike

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dùn

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dūn

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duó

to pace; to stroll

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è

startling

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è

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è

Chinese character

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fán

burn

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fěi

round covered basket

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fēi

fall of snow

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fēi

Pacific herring

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fèn

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féng

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fěng

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gǎn

to roll (dough etc)

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gāng

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gǎo

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gāo

pole for punting boats

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gāo

cake

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gōu

bamboo frame for drying clothes

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Xenocypris, genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia

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guàn

to wash (especially hands)

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guǎn

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hài

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hàn

regret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction)

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hàn

to shake

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hàn

writing brush

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hàn

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hāo

sound

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hāo

to weed

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quill

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héng

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héng

to weigh

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hóng

(literary) luxuriant; flourishing

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hóng

school

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hòng

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hōng

death of a prince

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purest cream

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huái

to carry in the bosom or the sleeve

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huán

circle

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huán

large domain

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huán

to bind

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huán

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huàn

pass through

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huáng

used in 癀病[huang2bing4]

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huáng

sulfur

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huì

vast

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huì

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hún

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hùn

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huò

surname Huo

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short name for Hebei 河北[He2bei3]

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hair rolled up in a bun, topknot

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(bound form) unfired brick

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to arouse

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jiá

Chinese character

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jiàn

Chinese character

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jiàn

Chinese character

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jiàn

Chinese character

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jiǎn

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jiān

surname Jian

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jiàng

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jiǎng

to plow

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jiāng

bridle

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jiǎo

boundary

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jiǎo

to hand in

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jiāo

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jìn

unable to speak

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jìn

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jǐn

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jǐn

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jìng

mirror

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jìng

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jǐng

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jīng

whale

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mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata)

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hurry

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hunchbacked

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jué

loud laughter

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jué

a peg

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jué

half-circle jade ring

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jūn

hornless deer

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kàn

to look down from a height

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kěn

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kōu

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kuài

Chinese character

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kuài

barn

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kuì

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kuī

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kūn

Chinese character

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kūn

fry (newly hatched fish)

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lài

name of a river

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lài

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lán

used in 斑斕|斑斓[ban1 lan2]

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lán

basket (receptacle)

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lǎn

lazy

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lèi

to pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum); to bang on (a door)

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lěi

bud

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a fence

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happen to

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bamboos good for poles

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Lishui River in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖[Dong4ting2 Hu2]

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lián

name of a river in Hunan

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liǎng

used in 魍魎|魍魉[wang3liang3]

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liáo

to burn

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liáo

male genitals

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lín

rumbling of wheels

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lín

continued rain

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lìn

phosphine

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lìn

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lǐn

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lǐn

government granary

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lǐn

fear

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líng

mud carp (Cirrhina molitorella)

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líng

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liù

pipit (genus Anthus)

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lóng

infirmity

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窿lóng

cavity

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lóng

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lou

Chinese character

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lu

used in 氆氌|氆氇[pu3lu5]

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name of a river

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Japanese variant of 錄|录[lu4]

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Chinese character

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old variant of 櫓|橹[lu3]

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luó

Chinese character

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luò

Chinese character

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luǒ

scrofula

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ma

toad

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mài

Chinese character

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mǎi

Chinese character

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mán

Chinese character

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mán

Chinese character

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màn

side of coin without words

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mǎn

mite

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mān

dawdling

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mǎng

python

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māo

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mèn

Chinese character

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měng

Chinese character

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ether

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miǎn

Chinese character

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miǎn

Chinese character

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míng

boring insect

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to rub

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silent

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móu

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solemn

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náo

Chinese character

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Japanese cicada

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Cryptobranchus japonicus

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nián

sheatfish (Parasilurus asotus)

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niè

tottering

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niè

bones of the temple (on the human head)

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níng

to congeal

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nóng

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nóng

Chinese character

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nòu

hoe

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nuò

Chinese character

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páng

used in 螃蟹[pang2 xie4]

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pǎng

to hoe

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péng

sail

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péng

swollen

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to beat the breast

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child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese)

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pián

to limp

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pián

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piáo

dipper

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piǎo

to cast a glance

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piē

to shoot a glance

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píng

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píng

Chinese character

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unpolished gem

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used in 氆氌|氆氇[pu3 lu5]

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used in 鯕鰍|鲯鳅[qi2qiu1]

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device

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to rest

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qián

Chinese character

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qián

abbr. for Guizhou province 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]

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qiǎn

used in 繾綣|缱绻[qian3quan3]

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qiān

to lift (clothes, sheets)

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qiáng

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qiáng

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qiáo

firewood

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qiáo

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qiáo

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qiào

scabbard; sheath

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qiāo

sled

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qiāo

hem with invisible stitches

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qín

used in 林檎[lin2qin2]

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qín

small cicada with a square head

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qīn

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qíng

to raise; to hold up; to lift up

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qíng

instrument for straightening bows

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qìng

chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone

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qīng

mackerel

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qióng

(used in names)

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qiú

congested nose

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qiǔ

dry rations (for a journey)

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used in 硨磲|砗磲[che1 qu2]

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quán

aldehyde

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qué

lame

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rán

to burn

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ráo

Chinese character

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ráo

Chinese character

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róng

to melt

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róu

trample

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scholar

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sāi

used in transliteration

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sǎng

(literary) forehead

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gather in harvest

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shà

all of a sudden

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shāi

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shàn

(literary) to go through successive changes; to evolve

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shàn

without authority

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shàn

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shàn

meals

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shāo

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shì

to devour

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shì

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shī

Chinese character

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shù

Chinese character

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shǔ

potato

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shū

Chinese character

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sǒu

(dialect) to stoke the embers (to revive a fire)

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sǒu

marsh

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suì

(bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays

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suī

name of a river

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otter

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tán

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tán

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táng

sugar

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táng

variety of small cicada with a green back and a clear song (in ancient books)

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táng

noise of drums

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tàng

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hoof

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essential oil of butter

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tóu

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tuí

Chinese character

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tūn

sun above the horizon

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tuó

sack

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tuó

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wèi

Chinese character

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wēi

Osmunda regalis, a species of fern

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wèng

water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia

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wēng

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low

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joy

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Osmanthus fragrans

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name of a district in Anhui

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bright

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used in 窸窣[xi1 su1]

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same as Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2xi1], a mythical emperor

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(intestinal worm)

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xiàn

Chinese character

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xiàn

Chinese character

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xiàn

Chinese character

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xiān

Chinese character

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xiào

Chinese character

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xiǎo

Chinese character

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xiāo

used in 山魈[shan1 xiao1]

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xiāo

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xié

Chinese character

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xiè

office

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xiè

lax

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xiè

(of porridge etc) to become watery

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xiè

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xiè

Allium bakeri

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xiè

used in 邂逅[xie4hou4]

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xiè

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xīn

(literary) firewood; fuel

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xǐng

to wake up

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xīng

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xiū

red lacquer

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spiritus

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to snort

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xuàn

to shape on a lathe

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xuān

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xué

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xuè

Chinese character

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xuē

surname Xue

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xuē

Chinese character

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xún

Chinese character

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xūn

Chinese character

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Chinese character

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yán

Chinese character

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yàn

Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning

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yàn

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yàn

false

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yàn

Chinese character

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yān

Chinese character

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yāng

Chinese character

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yáo

Chinese character

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yāo

to invite

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cut off the nose

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to exterminate

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Chinese character

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yeah (interjection of approval)

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yǐn

tool used for shaping wood (old)

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yǐn

addiction

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yǐn

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yíng

old variant of 贏|赢[ying2], to win, to profit

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yíng

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yíng

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yíng

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yǐng

goiter

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yǐng

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yīng

used in 鸚鵡|鹦鹉[ying1wu3]

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yǒng

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yōng

to obstruct

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yōng

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yōng

large bell

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yóu

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warm

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yuán

Citrus medica

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yuán

salamander

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yuān

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yuè

shade of trees

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yuě

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yún

Chinese character

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yún

Chinese character

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yùn

Chinese character

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zàn

to patronize

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zàn

to engrave

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zào

(literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp

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zào

deputy

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zǎo

bath

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zèng

cauldron

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zèng

to give as a present

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zhā

old variant of 齇[zha1]

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zhài

focus of tubercular infection

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zhàn

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zhān

Chinese character

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zhàng

malaria

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zhé

rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4])

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zhè

partridge

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zhě

pleat

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zhēn

to arrive

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zhěng

(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly

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zhēng

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zhì

Chinese character

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zhǒng

to arrive

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zhù

Chinese character

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zhǔ

leader of herd

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zhuàn

to compose

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zhuān

Chinese character

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zhuī

Chinese character

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zhuó

Chinese character

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Chinese character

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unable to move

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mustache

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mullet

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zòng

Chinese character

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zōu

name of a state

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zōu

minnows

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arrowhead

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zuǐ

mouth

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zūn

goblet

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