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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
失	失 \| 失* \| *失	5画大 + 2	shī	lose; make mistake, neglect	sat1	2503.0 HQO


败	败 \| 败* \| *败	8画贝 + 4	bài	be defeated, decline, fail	baai6	敗 7884 BOOK

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