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The character "团", meaning group or circle, originates from the traditional form "團", which visually combined the enclosure radical "囗" with the phonetic and semantic component "專", the latter depicting a hand spinning a wheel and conveying notions of concentration or something round. This structure originally denoted things shaped into a round or collective form, such as a military regiment or a ball of thread. Over time, its meaning generalized from a physical, often circular, gathering to signify any collective body or organization, like a delegation or a troupe. The character's simplification replaced the complex internal component "專" with "才", a change that streamlined its writing but removed the original phonetic clue, leaving the enclosing "囗" as the primary carrier of its collective meaning.
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我们是一个团队。
旅游团去了故宫。
面团要揉一揉。
那个集团很大。
团结合作能成功。
团委通知了会议。
他急得团团转。
团圆饭象征团聚。