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animal liver 肝 is the original character that means "liver". However, it sounds like 乾 ("dry") which is considered as inauspicious in Cantonese. The antonym of 乾 is 潤; so 膶 is coined.
Stroke count: 16
Level: 3
Radical: 月 (#74)
This character is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 |
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Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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: the Cantonese Jyutping romanisation (pronunciation)
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.