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It signifies actions or states such as "yawning," "lacking," or "being insufficient."

According to Shuowen Jiezi (説文解字 shuōwén jiězì), the character’s origin is explained as 气 (breath) rising above 人 (person), while research on ancient scripts such as oracle bone script views it as a depiction of a human with an open mouth.

#68 — measuring vessel, horse

#69 — axe

#70 — square, direction

#71 — none, not exist

#72 — day, sun

#73 — to say, to speak

#74 — month, moon

#75 — tree, wood, wooden

#76 — yawn, deficiency

#77 — to stop, to cease, to halt

#78 — bare bones, the bones remaining after the meat has been cut away, bad

#79 — shu (an ancient Chinese weapon), a spear without a blade, a club

#80 — do not, don't, do not do, do not eat

#81 — to compare, to be side by side, to cling, to conspire, to connect

#82 — hair, fur

#83 — lineage, surname, clan

#84 — energy, air, vital force

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欠

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