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假借義

jiǎjièyì

ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄧˋ

Simplified 假借义

  1. 1the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字[jia3 jie4 zi4] acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而[er2] originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and")

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