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  kau5 kau3   jyutping
  jiu4 {jiu5} | jiu5 {jiu4}   pinyin
[1] a maternal uncle (one's mother's brother) [2] [n] brother-in-law (one's wife's brother) [3] a woman's father-in-law [4] a man's father-in-law


Stroke count: 13
Level: 3
Radical: (#134)

*** This entry has been marked as UNSURE by an editor, so it may not be fully accurate ***


This character was last edited on 14th Nov 2007

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detail  kau5 fu6*2  jiu4 fu4 = uncle (mother's brother)
detail  kau5 mou5  jiu4 mu3 = aunt (mother's brother's wife) aka 妗母
detail  kau5 kau5*2  jiu4 jiu4 / jiu4 jiu5 = maternal uncle - mother's brother
detail  kau5 po4   = grandaunt
detail  kau5 lou5 je4   = father's or mother's maternal uncle
detail  kau5 je4   = father's or mother's maternal uncle
detail  kau5 naai5*4 naai5*2   = wife of father's maternal uncle
detail  kau5 gung1   = grandmother's brother
detail  aa3 kau5   = mother's brother
detail  daai6 kau5   = senior brother of wife
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