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The character "件" is structured with the person radical "人" alongside the component "牛" for cow, a form that has persisted without alteration. Its etymology points to an original sense of separating or distinguishing, likely connected to human interactions with cattle. Through time, the meaning moved from the process of division to the concept of individual pieces or items, culminating in its modern function as a common measure word for various objects and matters. This semantic shift illustrates how characters can acquire grammatical roles from earlier lexical meanings.
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这件衣服很漂亮。
我收到了你的邮件。
请你把这份文件打印出来。
这个案件正在调查中。
你需要满足几个基本条件。
那起事件引起了公众的广泛关注。
这台机器的零件需要更换。
他仔细地清点了库房里的所有物件。