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A phono-semantic compound, 均 combines the earth radical 土 on the left and the phonetic 勻 on the right. 土 connects the character to land and territory, while 勻 supplies the pronunciation. Originally, 均 referred to leveling land or distributing it evenly among people. Over time, the meaning broadened from physical terrain to abstract equality, evenness, or uniformity, applied to sharing resources, balancing weights, and other contexts. This shift illustrates how a concrete image of leveled earth came to represent the general idea of evenness.
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这些苹果均很甜。
两人均未到场。
平均分数是八十分。
资源分配不均。
各项指标均达到标准。
我们需要均匀搅拌混合物。
在统计学中，均值是重要的概念。
为确保公平，机会均等是必须的。
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