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The character "月" originated as a pictorial depiction of a crescent moon, with its form gradually stylizing over time into the standardized symbol used today. Its core meaning as the celestial body naturally extended to represent the period of a month, based on the lunar cycle, thereby embedding a dual semantic function within the language. This conceptual expansion is further observed in its role as a semantic component, where it imparts notions of time, light, or periodicity to numerous compound characters, reflecting an evolution from a concrete pictorial reference to an abstract marker of temporal measurement.
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月亮挂在天上。
这个月是六月。
我最喜欢有月亮的夜晚。
我们在海边看月亮。
月球是地球的卫星。
月光照亮了小路。
每个月的十五号是月圆的日子。
在宁静的月夜里，一切都显得那么美好。