Radical
Strokes
8
Residual strokes
4
Mandarin
xiān
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Radical
Residual strokes
4 strokes
Strokes
8 strokes
Mandarin
xiān

Definitions by reading

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Mandarin equivalent xiān
杴xiān 1.农具名。似锹,而铲较方阔,柄端无短拐。有铁杴﹑木杴等。用于挖土﹑筑畦及播撒肥料﹑抛扬谷物等。
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English meaning

shovel; trough used to carry water

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
曉母 三等 開口 嚴韵 平声 虛嚴切
Reconstruction:
Original

鍬屬古作𣞘或作㸝方言云青齊呼意所好爲杴