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The character 季, formed by the components 禾 for 'grain' and 子 for 'child,' originally denoted the youngest son or sibling, drawing an agricultural analogy between the last harvest and the lastborn. Its meaning gradually expanded from this familial context to refer to the end of a season, particularly in an agricultural cycle, and later generalized to signify any of the four seasons or a three-month period, marking a semantic shift from human succession to temporal measurement.
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春天是我喜欢的季节。
一年有四个季节。
这个季度我们很忙。
球队进入了决赛。
雨季就要到来了。
他获得了比赛的季军。
季节变化影响着经济。
本季度气候适宜作物生长。