hom hem
Pronunciation
Northern
/hɔm˧˧ hɛm˧˧/
Central
/hɔm˧˥ hɛm˧˥/
Southern
/hɔm˧˧ hɛm˧˧/
gaunt
Adjective
gaunt
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Adjective
gaunt
Describing someone who looks very thin and weak, often due to old age or poor health.
vi Cụ già trông thật hom hem sau một thời gian dài bị bệnh.
en The old man looks very gaunt after a long period of illness.
Parts
hom / 歆㾾
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Parts
hom / 歆㾾
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
歆㾾
Candidates by syllable
hom
歆（𤻐 / 𥵗 / 𨮈 / 𩩿）
hem
㾾
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
hom / hom hỏm
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Similar
hom / hom hỏm