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肫

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: dung1
POJ: tung
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

noun: gizzard (of a bird), stomach (of birds)
肫

The character has several unrelated senses at the same reading (obsolete 'cheek', 'gizzard of birds', literary 'sincere'); picked the gizzard/organ sense as most concretely usable, but the correct everyday sense is uncertain.

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