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zeoi6 jyu4
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islet; small island Jyutping zeoi6 is used for all occasions except for 大嶼山 where 嶼 is given the 'jyu4' reading. The original pronunciation of 大嶼 sounds like 大罪 which inauspiciously means "grave crime".
 Stroke count: 17
Level: 3
Radical: 山 (#46)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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大嶼山
daai6 jyu4 saan1 = Lantau island
島嶼
dou2 zeoi6 = islands
蘭嶼鄉
laan4 jyu4 hoeng1 = Lanyu, Orchid Island (village in Taiwan)
烈嶼鄉
lit6 jyu4 hoeng1 = Liehyu (village in Taiwan)
北大嶼山公路
bak1 daai6 jyu4 saan1 gung1 lou6 = North Lantau Highway
嶼巴
jyu4 baa1 = New Lantao Bus Company Limited |
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Decimal representation of this word: 嶼
Unicode code for this character: U+5dbc (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 嶼
Unicode code for this character: U+5dbc (off-site link)
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