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The character "摄", in its traditional form "攝", is structured with the hand radical "扌" or "手" on the left, paired with "聶" on the right, which serves as a phonetic component but also contributes meaning through its own composition of three "ears", suggesting a gathering or closing in. Its original core meanings revolved around the physical act of grasping, pulling, or consolidating, as implied by the hand, and from this derived extended senses of administering, controlling, or acting on behalf of another, as in regency. A significant semantic shift occurred when it was adopted to translate the Western concept of photography, borrowing from the Japanese use of "攝" to mean "to absorb" or "to take in", thus giving "摄" its modern primary meaning of capturing an image, a metaphorical extension of its original idea of seizing or drawing something in.
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我非常喜欢摄影。
身体需要摄取营养。
他们正在摄制电影。
他用摄像机摄像。
动物必须摄食才能生存。
国王年幼时由摄政王执政。
行星的轨道受到摄动影响。
注重摄养可以延年益寿。