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Kwa.

寡²

Few; little; single; a widow; I, used by princes.

果²

To surpass; overcome; really; truly.

割⁴

To cut; cut off; divide; wound; injure.

葛⁴

Creeping plants; plants of which thin cloth is made.

Kʽwa.

刳¹

To cut asunder; rip open; divide; kill.

胯¹

The legs or thighs.

袴¹

Pantaloons.

誇¹

To boast; vaunt; large.

跨¹

To pass over; surpass; to stride over.

挂^3-

To suspend; hang up.

掛^3-

To suspend; hang upon; anxious.

罣^3-

An impediment; a net; to impede; fall into a net.

渴⁴

Thirsty; anxious to obtain or effect.

闊⁴

Open; wide; broad; distant; perverse; painful.

Kⁿwa.

官¹

An officer of government; a court.

棺¹

To close; shut up; a coffin.

肝¹

The liver.

赶²

To pursue after; endeavor to overtake.

汗⁴

Sweat.

Kwai.

乖¹

To turn the back upon; perverse; wicked; strange.

劊¹

To cut or break asunder.

拐²

To swindle; kidnap; to steal women and children.

柺²

An old man's staff.

獪^3-

Artful; crafty; fraudulent; causing disturbance.

繪^3-

To draw pictures; to embroider; adorn with different colors.

膾^3-

To cut or mince; very fine; minced meat or fish.

蒯^3-

A certain kind of grass or rush for making cords.

怪^3-

Strange; monstrous; fairies; to deem strange.

Kʽwai.

快^3-

Flow of soul; joy; cheerfulness; speed.

Kwak.

槨⁴

The external coffin used by Chinese.

鵙⁴

Name of a water bird.