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龠

yuè

Character

What 龠 means

1. ancient unit of volume (half a {合|gě}, equivalent to 50ml)
2. ancient flute

Words containing 龠

• 橐龠tuó yuèbellows for blowing up the fire in a furnace etc
• 管龠guǎn yuèflute; pipe; key

Sounds the same

Read yuè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 月moon; month; monthly
• 越to exceed; to climb over; to surpass
• 阅to inspect; to review; to read
• 钥key; also pr. yào
• 跃to jump; to leap
• 悦pleased
• 岳wife's parents and paternal uncles
• 粤Cantonese; short name for Guangdong 广东
• 瀹to cleanse; to boil
• 乐music
• 玥pearl used in sacrifice
• 钺battle-ax

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yuè correctly.
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