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The character "嫦" originated exclusively within the context of Chinese mythology as part of the name for the lunar goddess Chang'e, with early textual records using the characters "常娥" or "姮娥" to represent her name. The stabilized form "嫦" was later created by augmenting the phonetic component "常" with the semantic radical "女" on the left, explicitly denoting femininity and solidifying its association with the goddess while retaining the approximate pronunciation from "常". This character has never acquired an independent meaning outside of the compound "嫦娥", and its evolution demonstrates a specialized development where structural composition directly serves a single, fixed cultural referent without broadening its semantic scope over time.
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嫦娥是月亮女神。
我喜欢嫦娥的故事。
中秋节我们讲嫦娥奔月。
嫦娥住在月宫里。
孩子们听嫦娥的传说。
嫦娥奔月的故事很感人。
在古代神话中，嫦娥是后羿的妻子。
嫦娥的美丽形象常出现在文学作品中。