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Translingual

Han character

(radical 64 +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手十一人 (QJMO), four-corner 53081, composition)

  1. law, commandments, regulations

References

  • KangXi: page 438, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12272
  • Dae Jaweon: page 788, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1906, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+639F

Cantonese

Hanzi

(Jyutping deng3, Yale deng3)

  1. to throw

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Noun

(hiragana おきて, romaji okite)

  1. rule; law

Korean

Hanja

(jeong) (hangeul , revised jeong, McCune-Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

  1. law, commandments
  2. regulations
  3. (Cant.) to throw

Mandarin

Hanzi

(Pinyin luě (lue3), zhěng (zheng3), Wade-Giles 3, cheng3)

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