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人
Mandarin
shen1, gui4, yuan2
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body; (a measure word used for clothes) suit; life; person; pregnancy; status; torso; hull; rad. no. 158; trunk
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Pictograph: a person
人
with a large belly and a line below indicating the part above the legs is meant