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The character "割", signifying to cut or divide, derives its structure from the component 害, associated with harm or injury, combined with the knife radical 刂, which directly references the tool used for such an action. This compositional logic points to an original sense of cutting as a means of inflicting damage or creating separation, where 害 likely functioned both phonetically and semantically. Its meaning has progressively broadened from denoting physical incision to encompassing metaphorical divisions, such as the cession of land or the abstraction of partitioning, thereby extending its application to various contexts of severance and allocation.
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我正在割草。
他割断了绳子。
农民收割稻子。
割舍过去很难。
这块土地被割让了。
割裂历史是错误的。
几何中割线是重要的。
割据势力导致分裂。