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天地玄黃

简天地玄黄 · 繁天地玄黃

Mandarin · pinyin tiān dì xuán huáng

first line of the Thousand Character Classic 千字文 Qiān zì wén

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天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
玄: xuán · deep, profound, abstruse; Kangxi radical 95
黃: huáng · yellow; surname; Kangxi radical 201
黄: huáng · yellow; surname

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1–4–2–2 · tian1 di4 xuan2 huang2

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