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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- ma2
- English meanings
- generic name for hemp, flax etc, hemp or flax fiber for textile materials, sesame, CL:縷|缕[lu:3], (of materials) rough or coarse, pocked, pitted, to have pins and needles or tingling, to feel numb, surname Ma
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Enclosed from the upper left structure
Enclosed from the upper left arrangement: outside 广; inside 林.
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.
calling for agreement or disagreement
used to persuade someone to do something; used to emphasize the obvious
mom; mother
measure word (units)
toad (in 蛤蟆)
horse
rate
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