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The character "段" derives from an early semantic association with the action of hammering or forging, a connection evident in its structural inclusion of the component "殳", which often signifies a hand-held tool or percussive action. Initially denoting the physical process of breaking or dividing solid materials, its application gradually broadened from this concrete sense of segmentation to encompass more abstract divisions, such as portions of text, stages in a process, or intervals of time. This shift from a verb describing a specific craft to a noun representing generalized segments illustrates a natural linguistic progression where tangible actions provide a basis for conceptual categorization, thereby establishing its modern function in denoting discrete parts within a continuous whole.
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这一段路很长。
请听我讲完这一段话。
文章的段落要清晰。
他的人生经历分为三个阶段。
我们需要分析事件的每一个片段。
这个地段是商业中心。
工程师把任务分段完成。
这段历史时期充满了变革。