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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- diao4
- English meanings
- a string of 100 cash (arch.), to lament, to condole with, variant of 吊[diao4]
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top 口; bottom 巾.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
tricky; cunning
to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
drop
view
fish; angle
bird of prey
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Related words
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- 吊销
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