Etymology

Shek

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Today it means: A surname from Cantonese. Full definition →

Cantonese 石
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  1. Cantonese · borrowed from石
  2. English todayShek

Borrowed from Cantonese 石 (sek⁶), when the initial was still [ɕ] during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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