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qí

legendary auspicious animal

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qí

Simplified Variants

Traditional Variants

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Stroke Data

Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON

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19 strokes

Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON

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19 strokes

Historical Pronunciations

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