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The character 喷 (traditional: 噴) is a phono-semantic compound. Its left side features the radical 口 (mouth), indicating an action involving expulsion. The right side, 贲 (or 賁), serves as the phonetic component, originally meaning "to rush" or "energetic", which subtly conveys a sense of forceful movement. The character's core meaning has consistently described the physical act of spurting, spraying, or erupting, such as water, breath, or other substances being expelled with force. In the simplified form, the complex 賁 was reduced to 贲, lowering the stroke count while preserving both the pronunciation and the semantic association with forceful expulsion.
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喷泉很漂亮。
他在喷香水。
不要喷太多水。
汽车在喷黑烟。
喷气式飞机很快。
他在喷壶里装满了水。
火山喷发了大量的岩浆。
他愤怒地喷出了一连串的抱怨。