Entry
  1. Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成|天文学大成; see also 托勒密[Tuo1 le4 mi4]

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to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm, sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest), (bound form) a shill, to ask; to beg; to entrust (variant of 託|托[tuo1]), torr (unit of pressure)

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tuō
Strokes
6
Frequency
3312 of 2500
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(literary) bridle; halter; headstall, to rein in, to compel; to force, (literary) to carve; to engrave, (literary) to command; to lead (an army etc), (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1])

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Strokes
11
Frequency
4615 of 2500