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The character 偏, which remains identical in both traditional and simplified scripts, is structurally composed of the human radical 人 (亻) on the left and the phonetic component 扁 on the right. Its core semantic field relates to leaning, inclination, or being off-center, a meaning derived from the conceptual combination of a person and the notion of flatness or side suggested by 扁. From this concrete spatial sense of slanting or not being upright, its meaning expanded into more abstract domains, giving rise to concepts such as partiality, bias, and prejudice, as in 偏見 (prejudice), as well as to notions of deviation from a norm or expectation, as seen in 偏離 (to deviate). It further developed adverbial uses to indicate deliberate contrarianism or unexpected emphasis, such as in 偏要 (insist on doing).
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这条线画偏了。
他偏偏今天不来。
我偏要试试看。
这个地方很偏远。
他的意见有偏见。
你为何偏要反对我？
尽管下雨，他偏要出门。
她性格偏强，从不轻易认输。