桔

Glyph origin
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Definitions

 * 1)  to suspend with a well sweep
 * 1)  to suspend with a well sweep
 * 1)  to suspend with a well sweep

Usage notes
桔 was included as the simplified form of in the  in 1977. The current standard in Mainland China, the, does not mention that 桔 is a simplification of. ' and the Xinhua Dictionary  list 桔 as a separate entry from  (unlike other variants, which are usually put beside the main character in parentheses) and define 桔 as a common variant for, while '  proscribes the use of 桔 as the simplified form of.

In Cantonese, 桔 is generally used for gat1, while 橘 is used for gwat1.

Compounds

 * : the or Chinese bellflower,
 * : a wooden lever used to remove something; part of a roof; part of a ship's stern
 * : alternate for, : an early kind of device using a long pole with a counterbalance as a lever to get water out of a well