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The character 侄 is a phono-semantic compound, with the radical 亻 (person) on the left providing the semantic category of human kinship, and the component 至 on the right serving as the phonetic element. Its traditional counterpart, 姪, used the female radical 女, originally reflecting a perspective from the female line and specifically meaning a brother's daughter. Over time, kinship terms were generalized, leading to the widespread adoption of 侄 to denote a sibling's child, typically a nephew, in a broader sense. Today, 侄 is the primary term for a sibling's son, though with gender modifiers it can refer to nieces or nephews more generally.
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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。