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剧 is the simplified form of 劇, which originally paired the phonetic component 豦 with the knife radical 刂. In the simplification, 豦 is replaced by 居, creating a phonosemantic compound where 居 gives the sound and 刂 suggests the meaning. Its earliest senses referred to an increase in work or something difficult, severe, or intense, qualities loosely tied to the cutting nature of a knife. Over time, the character's main use shifted to theatrical plays and dramas, while the older meaning "severe" or "acute" remains in specialized contexts like medicine.
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我经常看电视剧。
这部剧很精彩。
喜剧让人快乐。
我们在学校演话剧。
他是一名剧作家。
这部剧的剧情很复杂。
电影和电视剧有区别。
她对戏剧艺术有深入研究。
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