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The character "孩" derives from early Chinese usage where it originally referred to a child's laugh, constructed with the semantic radical "子" meaning child and the phonetic component "亥" indicating pronunciation. Over time, its meaning shifted from denoting childish laughter to specifically representing a young child or offspring. Structurally, it remains a phono-semantic compound with "子" as the meaning-bearing element and "亥" as the sound clue, a form consistent in standard usage without a distinct traditional variant that underwent simplification.
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这个孩子很可爱。
邻居家的孩子在上小学。
小女孩喜欢在公园里玩耍。
每个孩子都应该有一个快乐的童年。
这些孩子们正在认真学习。
那个男孩长大后想成为一名科学家。
照顾年幼的孩子需要极大的耐心。
她孩童时代的记忆总是那么清晰而温暖。