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The character "仰" originated from the earlier form "卬", which conceptually captured the posture of a person with an uplifted head, conveying the basic idea of looking upward. This pictorial essence was later reinforced by the deliberate addition of the human radical "亻", resulting in the compound character "仰" that explicitly anchors the action to a human subject. Structurally, it functions as a phono-semantic construct where the radical denotes the domain of human activity, while the remaining component historically guided its sound. The semantic journey of "仰" began with its literal sense of physically tilting one's head upwards, but over time it naturally acquired abstract layers, extending to signify mental or emotional states such as admiration, reverence, and dependence, as evidenced in its role within words denoting respect or reliance.
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我仰头看天空。
他仰慕那位老师。
孩子们仰望着风筝。
她信仰自由和平等。
运动员仰卧起坐锻炼身体。
这个计划仰仗您的批准。
在夜晚，我常常仰望星空，思考人生。
面对挑战，我们不应仰赖他人，而要自力更生。