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The character "偏" has maintained a consistent structure throughout its history, composed of the radical 人 (person) on the left and the phonetic component 扁 on the right. Its core meaning originates from this combination, suggesting a person positioned to one side, thus conveying the idea of leaning, inclining, or being off-center. From this foundational sense of physical or spatial deviation, its meaning extended into the abstract realm to describe a slant in perspective or judgment, giving rise to terms for prejudice and partiality. It further developed to denote actions or states that are deliberately one-sided or extreme, as well as to describe circumstances that run contrary to expectations. This semantic journey from a concrete posture to a wide range of abstract applications illustrates how the character’s conceptual field broadened while remaining anchored to its original structural logic.
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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。