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The character "安" is structurally composed of the roof radical "宀" positioned above the element for woman "女", a configuration that etymologically suggests the concept of peace originating from the security of a woman within a household. This initial association with domestic tranquility and physical safety gradually extended its semantic scope to encompass broader ideas of general peace, stability, and contentment in both a social and personal sense. Over centuries, its usage evolved to include verbal meanings such as to calm, to pacify, or to settle, reflecting an expansion from describing a state of being to denoting actions that create that state. The form of the character itself has remained unchanged, preserving this integral visual etymology while its applications in language have diversified to convey abstract and holistic notions of harmony.
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这里非常安全。
请安静地坐下。
我安排明天开会。
为了安全，我们戴了头盔。
他安心地离开了家。
设备已经安装好了。
在平安夜，全家团聚很温馨。
确保网络安全是当今的重要任务。