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The traditional character "僕" is composed of the human radical 人 and the component 菐, potentially associated with menial labor, and it originally referred to a servant or attendant while also serving as a humble first-person pronoun in classical texts. Separately, the character "仆" incorporates 人 and 卜 and historically conveyed the action of falling forward or toppling. Through linguistic development, these initially distinct characters and their meanings have converged in contemporary usage, with "仆" now representing both concepts.
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这个仆人很聪明。
他雇佣了一个仆人。
国王有许多仆从。
仆役们正在打扫房间。
他不小心仆倒在地。
那个老仆人讲述了过去的故事。
在古代，仆人的地位非常低下。
尽管他出身仆役家庭，但通过努力成为了学者。