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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
殚	殚 \| 殚* \| *殚	12画歹 + 8	dān	utmost, entirely, quite; use up	daan1	殫 1825 MNCWJ

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