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The character "幅" is structured as a phono-semantic compound, integrating the radical 巾, which signifies cloth or fabric, with the component 畐, serving as a phonetic marker that also implies fullness or abundance, thereby originally denoting the width of a piece of woven material from edge to edge. Its meaning gradually expanded from this specific textile context to describe breadth or width in a more general physical sense, applicable to various objects and spatial dimensions. This conceptual broadening further led to abstract applications, where "幅" appears in compounds such as 幅度 to convey extent or degree and 幅员 to indicate territorial area, reflecting a semantic evolution from concrete measurement to notions of scope and scale.
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这是一幅美丽的画。
墙上挂着一幅地图。
这幅画的颜色很鲜艳。
他买了一幅巨大的油画。
报纸上有一幅重要的图表。
这幅照片的宽度调整过了。
价格下降的幅度很大。
由于这幅画的历史价值，博物馆决定高价收购。