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The character "晌" is structured with the radical "日" representing the sun and the component "向" denoting direction, etymologically signaling a connection to the sun's position as a marker of time. Historically, it referred to a brief interval or a specific daytime moment, often exemplified in the term "晌午" for midday. Over centuries, its semantic scope expanded to indicate more general durations, as seen in compounds like "半晌" for a long while, while its fundamental association with time measured by solar cycles remained central.
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晌午的太阳很热。
他睡了半晌才醒。
今天晌午我们吃面条。
晌午过后，天气变凉了。
他花了半晌时间整理房间。
晌午的阳光照在湖面上，闪闪发光。
尽管已是晌午，他还在床上躺着。
他们决定利用晌午休息时间讨论计划。