揭

See also: 掲

揭 U+63ED, 揭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63ED ← 揬 [U+63EC] CJK Unified Ideographs 揮 → [U+63EE]

Translingual

Han character

揭 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手日心女 (QAPV), four-corner 5602₇, composition ⿰扌曷)

Derived characters

• 䥟 䔾 𭊪 𮆉

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 444, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12389
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1916, character 5
• Unihan data for U+63ED

Chinese

trad.		揭
simp. #		揭
alternative forms		𢶆 𢷒 掲 拮 担 𢶆 𢷒 掲 拮 担 搩

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 揭
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	Old Chinese
愒	*kʰaːds, *kʰrads, *kʰrad
馤	*qaːds
靄	*qaːds, *qaːd
餲	*qraːds, *qrads, *ɡaːd, *qaːd
喝	*qraːds, *qʰoːb, *qʰaːd
揭	*kʰrads, *ked, *kʰrad, *ɡrad, *kad, *ɡad
偈	*ɡrads, *ɡrad
猲	*kʰob, *qʰaːd, *qʰad
葛	*kaːd
輵	*kaːd
獦	*klaːd, *rab
渴	*kʰaːd, *ɡrad
嵑	*kʰaːd
暍	*qʰaːd, *qad
曷	*ɡaːd
褐	*ɡaːd
鶡	*ɡaːd
毼	*ɡaːd
蝎	*ɡaːd
鞨	*ɡaːd, *ɢljad
遏	*qaːd
齃	*qaːd
堨	*qaːd
擖	*kʰreːd, *kraːd, *r'aːb
楬	*kʰraːd, *ɡrad, *ɡad
朅	*kʰrad
藒	*kʰrad
竭	*ɡrad, *ɡad
碣	*ɡrad, *ɡad
羯	*kad
鍻	*kad
歇	*qʰad
蠍	*qʰad
謁	*qad

Characters in the same phonetic series (曷) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰrads, *ked, *kʰrad, *ɡrad, *kad, *ɡad): semantic 扌 + phonetic 曷 (OC *ɡaːd).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Variety	Location	edit 揭
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕiɛ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕiɛ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕie²¹/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕiə²¹³/
	Qingdao	/t͡ɕiə⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡ɕiɛ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕiɛ²¹/
	Xining	/t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕie¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕiə¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕiɤ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕie²¹³/
	Chengdu	/t͡ɕie³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕie²¹/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕiɛ³¹/
	Nanjing	/t͡ɕieʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕiɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕiəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕiʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕiaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡ɕiɪʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡ɕiəʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡ɕiəʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕi²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕieʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/t͡ɕia⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕie²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕie²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕiɛʔ⁵/ /t͡ɕʰiɛʔ²/
Hakka	Meixian	/kiat̚¹/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kʰit̚³/
	Nanning	/kʰit̚³³/
	Hong Kong	/kʰit̚³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kiat̚³²/ /kiaʔ³²/ /giaʔ³²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kiɛʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kiɛ²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kiaʔ²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/kit̚⁵⁵/ /kia³³/

Rime
Character	揭	揭	揭	揭	揭
Reading #	2/6	3/6	4/6	5/6	6/6
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	群 (30)	群 (30)	溪 (29)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	月 (67)	月 (67)	薛 (83)	薛 (83)	薛 (83)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	居謁切	其謁切	渠列切	丘竭切	居列切
Baxter	kjot	gjot	gjet	khjet	kjet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨɐt̚/	/ɡɨɐt̚/	/ɡˠiᴇt̚/	/kʰˠiᴇt̚/	/kˠiᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɐt̚/	/ɡiɐt̚/	/ɡᵚiɛt̚/	/kʰᵚiɛt̚/	/kᵚiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɐt̚/	/ɡiɐt̚/	/ɡiæt̚/	/kʰiæt̚/	/kiæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨat̚/	/gɨat̚/	/giat̚/	/kʰiat̚/	/kiat̚/
Li Rong	/kiɐt̚/	/ɡiɐt̚/	/ɡjɛt̚/	/kʰjɛt̚/	/kjɛt̚/
Wang Li	/kĭɐt̚/	/ɡĭɐt̚/	/ɡĭɛt̚/	/kʰĭɛt̚/	/kĭɛt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɨ̯ɐt̚/	/gɨ̯ɐt̚/	/gi̯ɛt̚/	/kʰi̯ɛt̚/	/ki̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jie	jié	jié	qie	jie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	git3	git6	git6	hit3	git3

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	揭	揭	揭	揭
Reading #	1/5	2/5	4/5	5/5
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiē	jiē	jiē	jiē
Middle Chinese	‹ gjet ›	‹ gjot ›	‹ khjet ›	‹ kjot ›
Old Chinese	/*m-[k]<r>at/	/*m-[k]at/	/*[k]ʰ<r>at/	/*[k]at/
English	lift, raise	lift	lift	lift
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	揭	揭	揭	揭	揭
Reading #	2/6	3/6	4/6	5/6	6/6
No.	5046	5048	5054	5057	5062
Phonetic component	曷	曷	曷	曷	曷
Rime group	月	月	月	月	月
Rime subdivision	1	1	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	孑	朅	傑		𢷒
Old Chinese	/*ked/	/*kʰrad/	/*ɡrad/	/*kad/	/*ɡad/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jiē (jie¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jie²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kit³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ket¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): jiet⁶ / qiet⁷
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kiet / yet / kiat / yat

  (Meixian, Guangdong): giad⁵ / yad⁵

• Jin (Wiktionary): jieh⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): giĕ
• Eastern Min (BUC): giék
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiat / kia̍t / khiat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giah⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷ciq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jie⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jie
    • Wade–Giles: chieh¹
    • Yale: jyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jie
    • Palladius: цзе (cze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: jie²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gie
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kit³
    • Yale: kit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ket¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰet̚³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: jiet⁶ / qiet⁷
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛt̚⁵/, /t͡ɕʰiɛt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiet / yet
    • Hakka Romanization System: gied^ˋ / ied^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giad⁵ / yad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯et̚²/, /i̯et̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiat / yat
    • Hakka Romanization System: giad^ˋ / (r)iad^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giad⁵ / yad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯at̚²/, /(j)i̯at̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: giad⁵ / yad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kiat̚¹/, /iat̚¹/

Note:

• Sixian:
  • kiet - literary;
  • yet - vernacular.
• Meixian:
  • giad5 - literary;
  • iad5 - vernacular.

• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jieh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiəʔ²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: giĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiɛ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: giék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiɛʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat
    • Tâi-lô: kiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: kia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiat
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiat
    • Tâi-lô: khiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiad
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰiɛt̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giah⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiaʔ²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷ciq
    • MiniDict: cih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: jie⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯e̞²⁴/

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• Dialectal data

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• Middle Chinese: kjot, gjot, gjet, khjet, kjet

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-[k]<r>at/, /*m-[k]at/, /*[k]ʰ<r>at/, /*[k]at/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ked/, /*kʰrad/, /*ɡrad/, /*kad/, /*ɡad/

Definitions

揭

1. to raise; to lift up
2. to uncover; to unveil; to expose; to reveal

   • 求助適合小童揭著玩的素材。 [MSC, trad.]
     求助适合小童揭着玩的素材。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2015, Source

     Qiúzhù shìhé xiǎotóng jiē zhe wán de sùcái. [Pinyin]

     Asking for material suitable for children to uncover and play

3. to tear off; to take off
4. a surname

Synonyms

• (to raise): 高舉／高举 (gāojǔ)
• (to uncover):

edit

• 宣洩 / 宣泄 (xuānxiè)
• 戳破 (chuōpò)
• 戳穿 (chuōchuān)
• 抖 (dǒu)
• 抖落 (dǒuluò)
• 拓破 (Hokkien)
• 拆破 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 捅
• 揭發 / 揭发 (jiēfā)
• 揭穿 (jiēchuān)
• 揭露 (jiēlù)
• 㨴 (kin²) (Cantonese)
• 撞破 (zhuàngpò)
• 泄露 (xièlù)
• 洩漏 / 泄漏 (xièlòu)
• 洩露 / 泄露 (xièlù)
• 流露 (liúlù)
• 浮泛 (fúfàn)
• 漏 (lòu)
• 漏洩 / 漏泄 (lòuxiè)
• 破 (pò) (literary, or in compounds)
• 篤爆 / 笃爆 (duk¹ baau³) (Cantonese)
• 篤穿 / 笃穿 (duk¹ cyun¹) (Cantonese)
• 說破 / 说破 (shuōpò)
• 說穿 / 说穿 (shuōchuān)
• 講破 / 讲破 (Hokkien)
• 講穿 / 讲穿 (gan³ qyenn¹) (Xiang, Cantonese)
• 走 (zǒu)
• 走漏 (zǒulòu)
• 踢爆 (tek³ baau³) (Cantonese)
• 透露 (tòulù)
• 道破 (dàopò)
• 點破 / 点破 (diǎnpò)
• 點聊 / 点聊 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

Compounds

• 匿名揭帖
• 打揭
• 掀天揭地
• 揭不開鍋 / 揭不开锅
• 揭債 / 揭债
• 揭債還債 / 揭债还债
• 揭布
• 揭帖
• 揭席
• 揭幕 (jiēmù)
• 揭底 (jiēdǐ)
• 揭底牌 (jiē dǐpái)
• 揭折
• 揭挑
• 揭揭
• 揭曉 / 揭晓 (jiēxiǎo, “to be revealed”)
• 揭榜 (jiēbǎng)
• 揭櫫 / 揭橥
• 揭水
• 揭火
• 揭牌 (jiēpái)
• 揭瘡疤 / 揭疮疤
• 揭發 / 揭发 (jiēfā)
• 揭白
• 揭白旗
• 揭短 (jiēduǎn)
• 揭破 (jiēpò)
• 揭示 (jiēshì)
• 揭祕 / 揭秘 (jiēmì)
• 揭穿 (jiēchuān)
• 揭竿
• 揭竿而起 (jiēgān'érqǐ)
• 揭老底 (jiē lǎodǐ)
• 揭蓋兒 / 揭盖儿
• 揭蓋子 / 揭盖子
• 揭裱
• 揭諦 / 揭谛 (jiēdì)
• 揭醜 / 揭丑
• 揭開 / 揭开 (jiēkāi, “to reveal”)
• 揭露 (jiēlù)
• 昭然若揭 (zhāoránruòjiē)
• 深厲淺揭 / 深厉浅揭
• 表揭

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiē (jie¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gig⁴ / gêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jie
    • Wade–Giles: chieh¹
    • Yale: jyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jie
    • Palladius: цзе (cze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kit³
    • Yale: kit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gig⁴ / gêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kik / kek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kik̚²/, /kek̚²/

Note:

• gig4 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai;
• gêg4 - Jieyang.

Definitions

揭

1. Used in place names.

Compounds

• 揭東 / 揭东 (Jiēdōng)
• 揭西 (Jiēxī)
• 揭陽 / 揭阳 (Jiēyáng)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	揭
Reading #	1/6
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	祭 (37)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去例切
Baxter	khjejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰjiajH/
Li Rong	/kʰjɛiH/
Wang Li	/kʰĭɛiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hai3

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	揭
Reading #	3/5
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiē
Middle Chinese	‹ khjejH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʰ<r>at-s/
English	lift up one’s clothes
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	揭
Reading #	1/6
No.	5017
Phonetic component	曷
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	憩
Old Chinese	/*kʰrads/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qì (qi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai⁶ / hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴
    • Yale: chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chih
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gai⁶ / hei³
    • Yale: gaih / hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai⁶ / hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei⁶ / héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯²²/, /hei̯³³/

Note: hei3 - variant.

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• Middle Chinese: khjejH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰ<r>at-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰrads/

Definitions

揭

1. to lift up one's clothes

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hé (he²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hé
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hé
    • Wade–Giles: ho²
    • Yale: hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
    • Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵/

Definitions

揭

1. (historical dictionaries only) to block up

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 揭 – see 攑 (“to lift; to lift; to hold up; to raise; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 攑).

Etymology 6

For pronunciation and definitions of 揭 – see 撠 (“to catch, to grasp; to touch; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 撠).

Japanese

Shinjitai	掲
Kyūjitai	揭

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 揭

揭

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 掲)

1. to raise
2. to lift up

Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei)、けつ (ketsu)
• Kun: かかげる (kakageru, 揭げる)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 揭 (MC khjejH).

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean 콍〮 (Yale: khyéy) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
• Recorded as Middle Korean 게 (key) (Yale: key) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ke̞(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [게(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

揭

Wikisource 揭 (eumhun 높이 들 게 (nopi deul ge))

1. hanja form^? of 게 (“to lift; to raise”)

Compounds

• 게방 (揭榜, gebang)
• 게시 (揭示, gesi)
• 게시판 (揭示板, gesipan)
• 게양 (揭揚, geyang)
• 게재 (揭載, gejae)
• 게판 (揭板, gepan)
• 별게 (別揭, byeolge)
• 봉게 (奉揭, bongge)
• 상게 (上揭, sangge)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

揭: Hán Nôm readings: yết

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