浙 (zit3 | zhe4) : Zhejiang province

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浙

zit3

zhe4

[1] Zhejiang (Chekiang) province
[2] name of an ancient river (now renamed 錢塘江)

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

浙

This word has been viewed 3389 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Oct 2010 12:25

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浙江 zit3 gong1 zhe4 jiang1 = Zhejiang province, China

江浙 gong1 zit3 = combination of two provinces Jiangsu and Zhejiang

浙江大學 zit3 gong1 daai6 hok6 zhe4 jiang1 da4 xue2 = Zhejiang University

浙江第一銀行 zit3 gong1 dai6 jat1 ngan4 hong4 = Chekiang First Bank Ltd.

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Decimal representation of this word: 浙
Unicode code for this character: U+6d59 (off-site link)

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