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The character "昧" structurally integrates the semantic component "日" for sun with "未", which phonetically suggests incompletion, thereby forming a conceptual whole that originally signified darkness or obscurity as if daylight were absent or not yet arrived. Its early meanings centered on physical dimness and lack of illumination, but over time these connotations expanded to encompass metaphorical shades of ignorance, concealment, and moral or intellectual haziness. This semantic shift from concrete to abstract is reflected in its role within modern compounds, where it conveys notions of ambiguity or unclear thinking, while its graphical composition has remained consistently unchanged across centuries.
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他的行为很愚昧。
他们的关系有点暧昧。
古代社会比较蒙昧。
他从不昧良心做事。
昧着良心说话是不对的。
由于愚昧，他错过了机会。
虽然他知道真相，但他还是昧心地否认了。
在利益的驱使下，他昧着良心做出了错误决定。