group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Sadao
さだを
Recorded with both male and female given-name labels across dictionary entries.
さだおサダオSadao
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings41 Source spelling/reading rows42 Coverage levelExtended
Extended source depth
This reading group has a comparatively broad dictionary footprint across source-recorded spellings or records. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.
records contributing to this reading group
based only on the imported source footprint
Pronunciation & romanization
How to read Sadao
The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.
Normalized to hiragana for comparison.
The same reading converted to katakana.
Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Sadao. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.
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Meaning by written form
What can Sadao mean?
A Japanese name can be written in more than one way, and its meaning can change with the kanji used. Rather than assigning one English meaning to “Sadao”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
さだを
This spelling is written only in kana. Because it contains no kanji, there is no kanji meaning to interpret here. The kana record the name’s sound; any personal or cultural meaning would depend on context not supplied by the dictionary.
Characters and loaded glosses
さKana characterだKana characterをKana character
Kanji spelling
了丈
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
佐多夫
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
佐太夫
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
佐太雄
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
作太男
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
奠夫
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
完夫
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
完男
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
定保
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
定夫
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
定尾
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 41. The recorded-spellings section below retains the wider source set.
How to read these meanings
The English words shown here are dictionary meanings of individual kanji. They help explain what a spelling can suggest, but they are not a guaranteed translation of the full name and do not establish why a particular person was given that name.
Reading profile
How Sadao is represented
These counts describe records in the imported name corpus. They are not a ranking of how popular a spelling is among people in Japan.
さだお · さだを
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded spelling
recorded spellings
recorded spellings
JMnedict classification evidence
How this reading is classified in the source corpus
This separates dictionary classification from popularity. The same exact kana reading can be recorded as a given name, a surname, or both, and given-name records can carry male, female or unspecified source labels.
さだお in the imported JMnedict corpus
45 source spelling/reading rows
0 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| さだおSadao | 4345 source rows | female 3 · unspecified 42source rows · distinct forms: female 3 · unspecified 40 | 00 source rows |
| さたおSatao | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 33 source rows |
| さだをSadao | 22 source rows | male 1 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: male 1 · unspecified 1 | 00 source rows |
Classification boundary: male/female/unspecified are labels attached to imported JMnedict name records. They are not population shares, probabilities, identity claims, or evidence that a spelling is currently common in Japan. A source row can also be repeated across different written forms, so row counts and distinct-writing counts are shown separately.
JMnedict source text
Source-supplied text attached to Sadao records
JMnedict can attach trans_det text to a name-classification block. This may be a Latin spelling, label or descriptor. It is shown only when it adds information beyond this site’s generated romanization.
| Written form | Source reading | JMnedict source text |
|---|---|---|
| さだを | さだを | Sadawo |
| 節夫 | さだを | Sadawo |
Meaning boundary: this is text supplied by JMnedict for the associated name-classification block. It is not an inferred kanji meaning, a translation of the written characters as a whole, proof of a person’s preferred Latin spelling, or evidence of popularity.
41 source-text items were omitted because they are equivalent to the generated romanization and would add no distinct information.
Spelling anatomy
Corpus structure behind Sadao
This section summarizes the exact source-recorded forms loaded for this reading group. Stroke and character-position statistics are descriptive corpus properties, not popularity or style scores.
5–29 strokes observed span
among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data
all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes
contains at least one character outside that loaded classification
| Reading | Romanization | Morae | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|
| さだお | Sadao | 3 | 40 |
| さだを | Sadao | 3 | 2 |
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
Shown only when the same adjacent two-kanji sequence occurs in at least two analyzed source forms. Open a sequence in Kanji Pair Research for corpus co-occurrence context.
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
17 of 41 displayed written forms have more than one given-name reading somewhere in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.
distinct spellings displayed on this page
exact written forms with 2+ source readings
within this active given-name corpus
distinct kana readings for one displayed writing
A reading shown without a link is still source-recorded, but its destination group does not yet meet the reference-depth standard used for the main library. Limited records are not promoted merely to create extra internal links.
Kanji role reference
How recurring characters function across Sadao spellings
Position counts are calculated only from the distinct written forms analyzed for this page. KANJIDIC2 nanori are character-level name-reading references; they are not used here to decompose or assert the reading of a specific multi-kanji name.
| Kanji | Character glosses | Forms | First | Final | Internal | Solo | Strokes | KANJIDIC2 nanori | Loaded class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 男 | male | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | み | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 夫 | husband, man | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | お, と, ゆう, よ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 定 | determine, fix, establish | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | さた | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 貞 | upright, chastity, constancy | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | さざ, ただし, りょう | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 禎 | — | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 雄 | masculine, male, hero | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | かつ, たけ, つよし, ゆ +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 佐 | assistant, help | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | すけ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 太 | plump, thick, big around | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | おお, たか, ひろ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 郎 | son, counter for sons | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | いら, お, とう, もん +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 節 | — | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
| 多 | many, frequent, much | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 完 | perfect, completion, end | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
Counts describe this source-recorded spelling set, not population use. A repeated kanji can contribute to more than one position role across different spellings.
Exact writing research map
Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context
These relationships are exact and source-backed. Whole-name readings shown in each card come from JMnedict within the current name class; exact-writing search can surface records from other name classes. Character links open KANJIDIC2-backed kanji pages. Sequence context means the same kanji string occurs contiguously in another recorded written form—it does not prove shared origin or meaning.
Exact written form
さだを
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sadaoさだを · this page
Characters in order
さKanaだKanaをKana
Exact written form
了丈
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sadaoさだお · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
佐多夫
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sadaoさだお · this pageSataoさたお
Characters in order
Exact written form
佐太夫
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sadaoさだお · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
佐太雄
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sadaoさだお · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
作太男
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sadaoさだお · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
奠夫
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sadaoさだお · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
完夫
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sadaoさだお · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
完男
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sadaoさだお · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
定保
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sadaoさだお · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 41. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Sadao spellings
Only characters appearing in at least two distinct analyzed spellings are shown here. Frequency describes this source-recorded spelling set, not real-world baby-name popularity.
男male11 of 41 analyzed forms夫husband, man10 of 41 analyzed forms定determine, fix, establish8 of 41 analyzed forms貞upright, chastity, constancy8 of 41 analyzed forms禎Kanji record7 of 41 analyzed forms雄masculine, male, hero5 of 41 analyzed forms佐assistant, help3 of 41 analyzed forms太plump, thick, big around3 of 41 analyzed forms郎son, counter for sons3 of 41 analyzed forms節Kanji record3 of 41 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Sadao
40 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading さだお. Other source readings can appear in this romanized group when the imported records converge on the same index form. Use Compare to inspect exact spellings side by side.
さだを
さだを · Sadao
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
了丈
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
佐多夫
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
佐太夫
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
佐太雄
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
作太男
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
奠夫
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
完夫
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
完男
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
定保
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
定夫
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
定尾
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
定生
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
定男
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
定緒
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
定郎
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
定雄
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
寧男
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
左田男
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
憲夫
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
真夫
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
真男
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
砂田男
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
禎勇
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
禎士
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
禎夫
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
禎男
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
禎穂
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
禎郎
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
禎雄
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
節夫
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
節夫
さだを · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
節男
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
節雄
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
貞多男
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
貞夫
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
貞朗
さだお · Sadao
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
貞生
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
貞男
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
貞緒
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
貞郎
さだお · Sadao
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
貞雄
さだお · Sadao
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Spelling comparator
Compare Sadao forms side by side
Each exact written spelling appears once in this table even when JMnedict records more than one reading for that writing. Stroke totals and character glosses come from KANJIDIC2 when all component kanji are available.
| Spelling | One source reading | Character-level glosses | Total strokes | Loaded character class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| さだを | さだを | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| 了丈 | さだお | 了 — complete, finish · 丈 — length, ten shaku | 5 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐多夫 | さだお | 佐 — assistant, help · 多 — many, frequent · 夫 — husband, man | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐太夫 | さだお | 佐 — assistant, help · 太 — plump, thick · 夫 — husband, man | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐太雄 | さだお | 佐 — assistant, help · 太 — plump, thick · 雄 — masculine, male | 23 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 作太男 | さだお | 作 — make, production · 太 — plump, thick · 男 — male | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 奠夫 | さだお | 奠 — decision · 夫 — husband, man | 16 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 完夫 | さだお | 完 — perfect, completion · 夫 — husband, man | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 完男 | さだお | 完 — perfect, completion · 男 — male | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 定保 | さだお | 定 — determine, fix · 保 — protect, guarantee | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 定夫 | さだお | 定 — determine, fix · 夫 — husband, man | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 定尾 | さだお | 定 — determine, fix · 尾 — tail, end | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 定生 | さだお | 定 — determine, fix · 生 — life, genuine | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 定男 | さだお | 定 — determine, fix · 男 — male | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 定緒 | さだお | 定 — determine, fix · 緒 — thong, beginning | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 定郎 | さだお | 定 — determine, fix · 郎 — son, counter for sons | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
The comparison table shows the first 16 distinct written forms; the detailed cards above show up to 80 spelling/reading records.
What does Sadao mean?
There is not necessarily one fixed English meaning. The reading identifies the spoken name; different written forms can use different kanji. Character glosses describe individual kanji and should not be treated as proof of the intention behind a particular person’s name.
Related readings
More names beginning with さだ
Related by the opening kana of the dictionary reading. This is a deterministic browsing relationship, not a claim that the names share the same meaning.
Given name · male · limited reference
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24 recorded spellings
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22 recorded spellings
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21 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSadako
20 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSadae
16 recorded spellings
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16 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceSadamu
14 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceSadayuki
14 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSadami
12 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceSadatoshi
12 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · limited referenceSadaji
10 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Sadao
These links are calculated from exact characters appearing in source-recorded spellings on this page. Sharing a kanji does not mean two names have the same reading, origin, gender or intended meaning.
Given-name relationship
Tadao
太夫男禎節郎雄
7 shared kanji · 64 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshio
夫男禎節郎雄
6 shared kanji · 216 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMasao
佐太夫男郎雄
6 shared kanji · 114 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTakao
太夫男節郎雄
6 shared kanji · 97 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMotō
太夫男節郎雄
6 shared kanji · 32 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMisao
佐夫男節貞雄
6 shared kanji · 28 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipNorio
夫男節郎雄
5 shared kanji · 98 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTakeo
太夫男郎雄
5 shared kanji · 66 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipIsao
佐夫男郎雄
5 shared kanji · 52 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMikio
太夫男郎雄
5 shared kanji · 51 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTokio
夫男節郎雄
5 shared kanji · 48 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHisao
佐夫男郎雄
5 shared kanji · 39 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Evidence on this page
What each source establishes
JMnedict establishes recorded written forms, readings and name classifications; where safely associated, this page can also show JMnedict-supplied trans_det source text without treating it as a whole-name meaning. KANJIDIC2 supplies character readings, nanori, stroke counts, grade classes and English character glosses. The Ministry of Justice remains the official reference for Japanese child-name character rules. The Agency for Cultural Affairs romanization guidance is the reference for generated Latin-script reading aids.
Source boundary
The spelling-frequency and structural counts on this page are calculated from imported JMnedict records. They are corpus counts, not population-frequency claims. KANJIDIC2 supplies the kanji metadata used in character and stroke comparisons.
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