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毽子

jiàn zi

2-character word

What 毽子 means

1. a kind of shuttlecock used to play games in which it is kept in the air without using the hands, primarily by kicking
2. game played with such a shuttlecock

The characters in 毽子

• 毽jiànshuttlecock
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Sounds the same

Read jiàn zi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 腱子sinew
• 踺子(gymnastics) roundoff

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