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The character "摄", traditionally written as "攝", is structurally composed of the hand radical 手 and the phonetic component 聶, reflecting its initial association with manual action. Etymologically, it originated with meanings such as to grasp, to control, or to assist, often appearing in classical texts in contexts of governance or representation. Its semantic range later broadened to include notions of absorbing or sustaining, and in modern usage, it has specifically come to mean to photograph, a shift derived from the concept of capturing images through mechanical means.
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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。