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The character "悸" is structured with the heart radical 忄 on the left and the component 季 on the right, where 季 primarily functions as a phonetic element while the radical indicates its connection to heart-related states. Etymologically, it originated in classical Chinese to specifically denote physical heart palpitations or throbbing, often in a medical sense. Over centuries, its meaning extended beyond physical symptoms to encompass psychological experiences of fear, anxiety, or nervous shuddering, thus covering both somatic and emotional realms. The traditional form of the character remains unchanged and identical to the modern standard version, with no simplified variant produced, and its consistent compositional elements have directly signaled its semantic focus on disturbances linked to the heart.
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我突然感到心悸。
他的心在悸动。
听到消息后她心悸不已。
事故让他心有余悸。
每当想起那件事，我就心悸难平。
在黑暗的森林里，他感到一阵莫名的悸动。
她的心跳因恐惧而剧烈悸动着。
尽管危险已过，但那种心悸的感觉仍萦绕在心头。