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qua

See also: QUA, quá, quà, quả, quạ, and qu'à

English

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Etymology 1

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From Latin quā (“in the capacity of”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kwɑː/
    Rhymes: -ɑː
    Audio (US):(file)

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qua

  1. (chiefly philosophy) as; in the capacity of; acting as
    • 1920, T. S. Eliot, “Hamlet and His Problems”, in The Sacred Wood:
      Qua work of art, the work of art cannot be interpreted; there is nothing to interpret; we can only criticize it according to standards, in comparison to other works of art; […]
    • 1954: Gilbert Ryle, Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures, 1953, dilemma vii: Perception, page 99 (The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press)
      As anatomy, physiology and, later, psychology have developed into more or less well-organized sciences, they have necessarily and rightly come to incorporate the study of, among other things, the structures, mechanisms, and functionings of animal and human bodies qua percipient.
    • 1962: Norman Malcolm; Dreaming; chapter nine: “Judgments in Sleep”, page 39{1}; chapter twelve: “The Concept of Dreaming”, page 68{2} (1977 paperback reprint; Routledge & Kegan Paul; ISBN 0‒7100‒3836‒4 (c), 0‒7100‒8434‒X (p))
      {1} For sleep qua sleep has no experiential content: it cannot turn out, as remarked before, that a man was not asleep because he was not having some experience or other.
      {2} I am denying that a dream qua dream is a seeming, appearance or ‘semblance of reality’.
    • 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin, published 2004, page 458:
      It was qua poet that Byron resurrected the exploded and discarded immortal Christian soul by bodying it forth through the notion of soul conceived as poetic imagination.
    • 2005: Ulfelder, Jay.Collective Action and the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes. International Political Science Review, 26(3), p318. Retrieved 1615 240810 from http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/30039035.pdf?acceptTC=true.
      "In essence, military regimes are autocracies in which the military qua organization performs many of the functions performed by the ruling party in single-party regimes."
    • 2009: Ken Levy, Killing, Letting Die, and the Case for Mildly Punishing Bad Samaritanism, Georgia Law Review, p. 24.
      Blame qua attitude is the feeling or belief that an individual has committed a wrongdoing, usually a wrongful action and/or harm, and can be reasonably expected not to have committed this wrongdoing. Blame qua practice is the public expression of this attitude – usually by means of censure (written or verbal criticism) or punishment. Generally, the morally worse the wrongdoing, the more severe the censure/punishment.
    • 2022 March 29, Dwight Garner, “In Jennifer Egan’s New Novel, Our Memories Are Available for All to See”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:
      Sometimes, though, you pick up a novel and it makes your skin prickle — not necessarily because it’s a great novel qua novel, which you can’t know until the end, but because of the velocity of its microperceptions.
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Etymology 2

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Imitative.

Interjection

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qua

  1. The cawing sound of a crow.
    • 1909, The Country Gentleman, volume 74, page 266:
      Crows have a language of their own in a wild state that any observant person can learn. […] Then he would straighten his head back and, with the most comical bowing and wagging, say: "Qua qua qua, qua qua qua" for perhaps a minute.
    • 2012, Jaman Tree, I Crow River:
      Qua... qua... qua... out of the blue I hear the crows cawing with great fanfare as they announce to the world at large that they are here by my side and intend to probe into my being.

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Classical Nahuatl

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Verb

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qua

  1. Alternative spelling of cua

Danish

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Conjunction

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qua

  1. as, qua (in the capacity of)
  2. (as a preposition) by virtue of (because of)

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Latin quā (“in the capacity of, by which, as far as”).

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Preposition

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qua

  1. regarding, concerning, in terms of
    Qua gezondheid ben ik helemaal in orde.
    In terms of health, I'm perfectly fine.

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin quā.

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Preposition

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qua [with dative or (alternatively when governing a noun accompanied by an adjective or article, rarely otherwise) genitive]

  1. (formal) by
    Synonyms: durch, mittels, kraft
    qua Gesetz ― by law
    • 2018, Kevin Rick, Verbraucherpolitik in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Nomos Verlag, →ISBN, page 84:
      Die Regierung von Individuen oder Kollektiven, sei es qua Verordnung oder qua Appell, ist deshalb stets an das „Regieren des Selbst“ gekoppelt, an durch das Subjekt aktiv anzueignende Selbsttechniken bzw. Technologien des Selbst.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

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Sometimes used with the genitive:

qua Amtes ― ex officio (literally, “by office”)

Further reading

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  • “qua” in Duden online
  • “qua” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hokkien

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The suffix has been used since around the 17th and 18th century. Since "hong" (行) merchants were technically officials of the lowest (9th) rank, the suffix qua was added to their names in honour of their positions in the Qing government. The spelling may possibly be from Spanish orthography.

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Suffix

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qua

  1. Irregular romanization of of 官 (“official”)

Usage notes

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  • Formerly added to names of hong merchants (i.e. "Powqua," "Chinqua").

Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French qui, que, Italian che, Spanish que, ultimately from Latin quī / quid.

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Pronoun

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qua (plural qui)

  1. (relative pronoun) which
    Esis tre jentila homo qua helpis ni. ― It was a nice man who helped us.
  2. (interrogative pronoun) who
    Qua esas ita kerlo? ― Who is that guy? (direct question)
    Me ne konocas qua ita esas. ― I don't know who that is. (indirect question)

Determiner

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qua

  1. (interrogative determiner) what
    Qua kamizo vu portos? ― What shirt are you going to wear?

Derived terms

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  • quo (“what (thing)”)
  • qui (“who (plural)”)
  • pro quo (“why”)

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *eccum hāc. Related to Portuguese cá, Spanish acá, French çà.

The original geminated -cc-, though lost in the standard language, is still found in most regional Italian varieties.

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Adverb

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qua

  1. here
    Synonym: qui

Usage notes

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  • For differences between qua and qui, see notes at qui.

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Further reading

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  • qua in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • qua2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Etymology 1

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Adverb declined from quī. Diachronically, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷéh₂; compare Ancient Greek πῇ (pêi), πῆ (pê, “which way, how”) and Latin quam.

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Adverb

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quā (not comparable)

  1. where (on which side; at or in which place; in what direction; by what way)
    quā... eā... ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. as (in the capacity or character of)
    ēns quā ēns ― being as being
  3. how (in what way; by what method; to what degree or extent)
    1. (indefinite) after sī, nisi, num, nē: in any way, anyhow
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.17–18:
        hoc rēgnum dea gentibus esse –
        sī quā fāta sinant – iam tum tenditque fovetque.
        The goddess already aims and fondly hopes that this [city] – if in any way the fates allow it – [will] be the seat of ruling power over [all] nations.
        [In other words, long before the founding of Rome the goddess Juno wanted Carthage to become the imperial city. See: Juno (mythology); Carthage.]
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Latin correlatives (edit)
type demonstrative anaphoric identity interrogative/
relative		 indefinite negative other
proximal medial distal relative indefinite free choice universal negative polarity
basic hic iste, istic ille, illic is ipse, īdem quis/quī quisquis, quīcumque quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam quīvis, quīlibet quisque quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam nēmō, nihil, nūllus alius
dual uter utercumque alteruter utervīs, uterlibet uterque neuter alter
place hīc istīc illīc ibī̆ ibī̆dem ubī̆ ubiubi, ubī̆cumque alicubī, uspiam ubivīs, ubilibet ubīque usquam nusquam, nūllibī alibī, aliās
source hinc istinc illinc inde indidem unde undecumque, undeunde alicunde °undelibet undique aliunde
destination hūc, °hōrsum istūc, °istōrsum illūc, °illōrsum eō eōdem quō, quōrsum quōquō, quōcumque aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum quōvīs, quōlibet quōquam nusquam, nūllōrsum aliō, aliōrsum
method,
means,
path,
place 		hāc istāc illāc eā eādem quā quāquā, quācumque aliquā quāvīs, quālibet quāque nēquāquam, haudquāquam aliā
manner hōc modō istō modō illō modō ita, sīc,
eō modō		 item, itidem ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō quōmodolibet utīque ūllō modō nūllō modō aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time num, nunc ōlim tum, tunc simul quandō, ‡cum cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque quondam, aliquandō quandōlibet quandōque umquam numquam aliās
quantity tam †tamen, †tandem quam †quamquam aliquam quamvīs, quamlibet
size tantus tantusdem quantus quantuscumque aliquantus quantusvīs, quantuslibet
quality tālis quālis quālis, quāliscumque aliquālis quālislibet
number tot totidem quot quotquot, quotcumque aliquot quotlibet
order totus quotus quotuscumque aliquotus quotuslibet
repetition totiēns quotiēns quotiēnscumque aliquotiēns quotiēnslibet
multiplication totuplex quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated
° Rare
‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

Etymology 2

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Inflection of quī (“who, which”).

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quā

  1. ablative feminine singular of quī

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qua

  1. inflection of quī:
    1. nominative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative neuter plural
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  • qua is commonly used for quae in the above forms of the indefinite variant of the pronoun quī.

Etymology 3

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Inflection of quis (“anyone, something, anyone, anything”).

Pronoun

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quā

  1. ablative feminine singular of quis

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  • “qua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “qua”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • qua in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) how old are you: qua aetate es?
    • (ambiguous) moral science; ethics: philosophia, in qua de bonis rebus et malis, deque hominum vita et moribus disputatur
    • (ambiguous) the connection of thought: ratio, qua sententiae inter se excipiunt.
    • (ambiguous) to let those present fix any subject they like for discussion: ponere iubere, qua de re quis audire velit (Fin. 2. 1. 1)
    • (ambiguous) the question at issue: res, de qua nunc quaerimus, quaeritur
  • Allen, Joseph Henry, Greenough, James B. (1903) Allen and Greenough's New Latin grammar for schools and colleges: founded on comparative grammar, Boston: Ginn and Company, § 149

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Pronoun

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qua

  1. (Northern) Alternative form of who (“who”, nominative)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin quā.

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qua

  1. qua; as, in capacity of

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Latin quā.

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qua

  1. qua; as, in capacity of

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse hvat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat.

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qua

  1. obsolete spelling of kva.
    • 1695, Norske Vers til Kronprintsens Bilager, volume 21, quoted in Syn og Segn, page 272:
      Qua skall eg mejra seja[?]
      What more shall I say[?]

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Adverb

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qua

  1. here

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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qua (瓜)

  1. lemon
  2. squash
    𫇥瓜曾𫇥荳
    Bioóc qua tằng bioóc thúa
    squash flowers and pea flowers
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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qua

  1. pillar
    slâu qua ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[3][4] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[5] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 過 (“pass”). Doublet of quá.

Preposition

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qua

  1. through, across (from one side to the other)
    ô-tô chạy qua cầu ― the car crosses the bridge
    xe vượt qua đèo ― the car crosses the mountain pass
    nhìn qua cửa sổ ― to look through the window
    nhảy qua mương ― to hop across the ditch
    lật qua trang khác ― to flip to another page
  2. by way of
  3. by means of, by, over, using
    nói chuyện qua điện thoại ― to converse over the telephone
    học tập qua kinh nghiệm ― to learn by experience
    hiểu biết qua thực tế ― to understand through reality

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qua

  1. last (most recent)
    Đêm qua chớp bể mưa nguồn, hỏi người quân tử có buồn hay không?
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    (folk poetry)
  2. ago (before now)
    • 1968, Ho Chi Minh, Thơ chúc Tết Mậu Thân:
      Xuân này hơn hẳn mấy xuân qua.
      This year is better than many years past.
      (literally, “This year's spring is better than the last few.”)
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qua • (戈)

  1. (intransitive) to have transpire, to take place
    tai qua nạn khỏi ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    nhắc lại việc đã qua ― to recall events that have transpired
  2. (intransitive) to go over to; to spend time at
    Ông ấy qua Pháp dự một hội nghị.
    He went over to France for a conference.
  3. (transitive) to survive
    Bà cụ khó qua được đêm nay.
    The old woman struggles to survive tonight.
  4. (transitive) to escape, to elude
    Mọi việc trong cơ quan không qua được sự theo dõi của ông ta.
    Nothing in the agency can escape his watchful eye.
  5. (transitive) to cross (to move relatively); to traverse
    Qua cầu dừng bước trông cầu, cầu bao nhiêu nhịp em sầu bấy nhiêu.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    (folk poetry)
  6. (transitive) to go to the front of
    Qua đình nghé nón trông đình, đình bao nhiêu ngói thương mình bấy nhiêu.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    (folk poetry)
  7. (transitive) to overcome
    khôn chẳng qua lẽ, khỏe chẳng qua lời ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  8. (intransitive) to drift past; to elapse
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qua

  1. across (from one side to the other), through
    nhìn qua ― to look past
    nhảy qua ― to hop across
  2. in passing
    dặn qua mấy lời ― to give a few words of advice in passing
  3. cursorily, superficially
    biết qua thế thôi ― to know a thing or two about it
    đọc qua vài trang ― to skim over a few pages
  4. completely
    • 1820, Nguyễn Du, Truyện Kiều [The Tale of Kieu]:
      Trải qua một cuộc bể dâu / Những điều trông thấy mà đau đớn lòng.
      Through the whirligig of time / There are events which wrench one’s heart

Etymology 2

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 我 (SV: ngã); borrowed from a Sinitic variety with denasalization.

Pronoun

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qua

  1. (archaic, men's speech or Southern Vietnam) I; me
    Hôm qua qua bảo qua qua mà qua không qua. Hôm nay qua không bảo qua qua mà qua lại qua.
    Yesterday ah said ah'd cuhm over but ah ain't cuhm. Today ah ain't say ah'd cuhm over but ah came.
    Qua đã nói với bậu, nhưng bậu chẳng nghe.
    Ah told ya but ya wouldn’t listen.
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qua

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 戈
  2. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 冎
  3. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 瘑
  4. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 蜗
  5. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 薖
  6. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 檛
  7. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 挝
  8. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 涡
  9. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 騧
  10. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 渦
  11. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 堝
  12. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 瘸
  13. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 簻
  14. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 咼
  15. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 撾
  16. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 濄
  17. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 过
  18. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 胍
  19. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 過
  20. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 剐
  21. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 㧓
  22. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 呙
  23. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 埚
  24. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 瓜
  25. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 㳡
  26. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 叧
  27. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 剮
  28. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 蝸
  29. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 緺
  30. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 髽
  31. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 找

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