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Mandarin · pinyin dān sè zhào piàn

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色: sè · color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty; Kangxi radical 139
照: zhào · shine, illumine, reflect
片: piàn · slice, splinter, strip; rad. 91
单: dān · single, individual, only; lone

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1–4–4–4 · dan1 se4 zhao4 pian4

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daan1 sik1 ziu3 pin2

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