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The character "咧" is structured with the mouth radical "口" and the phonetic component "列", creating a phonetic-semantic compound that originally represented oral actions such as grinning in the term "咧嘴". Etymologically, it derived from uses associated with sounds or expressions from the mouth, and its application later broadened to include grammatical functions as a sentence-final particle in colloquial usage, where it conveys aspects like completion or emphasis.
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今天天气好咧。
他在睡觉咧。
我们回家咧。
你快点来咧。
事情办完咧。
他咧嘴笑了。
别咧咧了，安静点。
她高兴得合不拢嘴咧。