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The character 垂 originated from a conceptual depiction of a plant bending downward, establishing its fundamental sense of hanging or drooping. In modern orthography, it functions as an independent radical with a structure that is not commonly dissected into smaller semantic components. Its semantic range expanded from the physical act of suspension to include abstract states such as something being pending or bordering on a condition, as seen in terms implying imminence. Within classical texts, the character also developed the figurative meaning of to bestow or confer, deriving from the image of something descending from a superior position.
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窗帘垂下来了。
他垂直地站着。
垂柳在河边生长。
爷爷喜欢在湖边垂钓。
熟透的果子垂在枝头。
他对那幅画垂涎已久。
在垂暮之年，他写下了回忆录。
尽管身体垂危，他仍坚持完成工作。