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栩

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: hu2
POJ: hú
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

adjective: vivid, oak (obsolete)
栩

The character 栩 has several distinct senses across etymologies (obsolete 'oak', 'vivid', a surname, and a bound morpheme in the place name 栩陽) with no indication of which corresponds to the given reading; 'vivid' was chosen as the most productive standalone sense, as seen in 栩栩如生.

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