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(Kangxi radical 64, +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手一火 (QMF), four-corner 51090, composition )

  1. take or hold up in both hands
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 421, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11886
  • Dae Jaweon: page 768, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1834, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6294
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  1. to hold with cupped hands
  2. classifier for handfuls of things

  1. (Hokkien) to gather up; to rake up; to rake in (into a pile on the ground, etc.)
    塗跤趕緊起來 [Hokkien, trad.]
    涂跤赶紧起来 [Hokkien, simp.]
    Bí lak kah kui thô͘-kha, kóaⁿ-kín put khí-lâi. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    The rice scattered all over the floor, quickly gather them up.
  2. (Hokkien, figurative) to rake in (to receive or to collect a large quantity of money, etc.)
    [Hokkien]  ―  put chîⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to rake in money

(Hyōgai kanji)

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(eum (bu))

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: Hán Nôm readings: bồi

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