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蹴鞠

cù jū

2-character word

What 蹴鞠 means

1. cuju, ancient Chinese football (soccer)

The characters in 蹴鞠

• 蹴cùcarefully; to kick; to tread on
• 鞠jūto incline (one's torso); to bow; leather ball used in ancient times…

Sounds the same

Read cù jū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蹴踘variant of 蹴鞠

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cù jū correctly.
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