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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
舌 水 ⿰⺡舌
Mandarin
huo2, kuo4, guo1
English
Definitions
to live; work; workmanship; alive; living; exist; lively; survive
Mnemonic
Water 水 is the basis 舌 (second sense) of life