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The traditional form of the character is 莊, which combines the grass radical (艹) with the phonetic component 爿, originally representing a bed or plank, which here primarily provided sound. Its earliest core meaning was "solemn" or "dignified", a sense still present in terms like 莊嚴. Over time, the meaning broadened to denote a large, dignified building or estate, such as a manor or villa, and from there extended to refer to an outlying settlement or village, leading to its common modern meaning of "village". The simplified form 庄, which is also an ancient variant, removed the grass radical and retained a form historically associated with a place name, effectively merging the two forms for the village-related meanings while the original grass component is preserved in the traditional character for its other senses.
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这个村庄很美丽。
庄稼长得很好。
庄园里有许多花。
庄重的仪式开始了。
他庄严地宣誓。
庄子的思想很深刻。
这家餐厅装修得很庄重。
在庄严的国歌声中，我们肃立。