xương
Pronunciation
Northern
/sɨəŋ˧˧/
Central
/sɨəŋ˧˥/
Southern
/sɨəŋ˧˧/
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bone
Noun
bone
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Noun
bone Body & Physical Features
Body parts
Any of the hard parts that form the skeletal structure inside the body of animals.
vi Con chó đang gặm một khúc xương lớn.
en The dog is chewing a large bone.
Parts
Inherited from Proto-Vietic / 𩩪
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Parts
Inherited from Proto-Vietic / 𩩪
OriginInherited from Proto-Vietic
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𩩪
Candidates by syllable
xương
𩩪（𩩫）
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
xuồng / xướng / xưởng / xuống …
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Similar
xuồng / xướng / xưởng / xuống …
Use
xương sống / khung xương / xương dăm / rút xương …
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Use
xương sống / khung xương / xương dăm / rút xương …