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The character 侄 is a phono-semantic compound: the left-side component 亻 (person) provides the meaning related to kinship, while the right-side 至 indicates the pronunciation. It is the simplified form of 姪, which used the female radical 女 and originally referred specifically to a niece or a relative on the female side. Over time, the form with 亻 was adopted as the general term for a brother's son (nephew). Today, 侄 broadly covers the children of one's siblings, with gender specified by modifiers such as 子 (侄子, nephew) or 女 (侄女, niece).
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他是我的侄子。
我的侄子很聪明。
侄子喜欢打篮球。
昨天我见到了侄子。
因为侄子生病，所以我担心。
我的侄子比女儿更高。
每当侄子来我家，我们都会一起玩游戏。
尽管侄子还小，但他已经懂得照顾别人。
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