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The character 俪, whose traditional form is 儷, originates from the concept of pairing, embedded in the component 麗 which carries connotations of both elegance and symmetrical coupling. Structurally, it combines the human radical 人 with 麗, the latter serving as a phonetic and semantic element that was later simplified to 丽 in the modern variant. While its early usage broadly indicated a matched or parallel state, the meaning gradually specialized to denote a married couple, as seen in the classical term 伉俪, marking a transition from general duality to specifically human conjugal partnership.
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