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人
气
Mandarin
qian4, que1
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Definitions
owe; deficient; to lack; yawn; KangXi radical number 76; be deficient; debt
Etymology
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A person
人
exhaling air
气
; to be out of breath; deficient; originally this was a kneeling person
卩
with the mouth
口
turned to the side