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The character "估" is formed by the radical 人, indicating human involvement, and the component 古, which primarily provides phonetic guidance while loosely conveying a sense of the established or former, reflecting how assessment often relies on precedent. Its original use centered on the act of appraising goods in commercial contexts, specifically denoting the valuation of commodities in market transactions. Over time, this specialized meaning broadened to encompass the general acts of estimating, judging, or calculating value or quantity, shifting from a strictly mercantile application to a wider semantic field that includes rough calculation and evaluation in abstract terms, all while maintaining its fundamental link to human judgment and inference.
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我估计今天会下雨。
他低估了我的能力。
我们需要评估风险。
请你估价这幅画。
你估摸他几点能来？
预估结果明天公布。
公司估量了投资回报。
不要低估这个项目的复杂性。