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股

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: gou2
POJ: kó͘
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

noun: thigh, haunches
股

Character is highly polysemous (thigh; a mathematical term; an administrative unit; share/stock; several classifier uses) all attested at the same reading; the anatomical 'thigh' sense was chosen given this batch's body-part focus, though the finance sense is also common.

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