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The character '汹' derives from its traditional counterpart '洶', a compound formed by the water radical alongside the component '凶', which historically provided phonetic guidance while imbuing a sense of peril or intensity, thus originally encapsulating the notion of raging or tumultuous water. Its simplified form maintains these core structural elements, with the water radical and '凶' combined in a more streamlined visual arrangement, reflecting a continuity in its graphic representation. Semantically, the character has long been employed to depict violent aquatic phenomena, such as roaring waves or flooding rivers, and over time this literal usage broadened to metaphorically convey similarly violent or agitated states, whether in human emotions or chaotic events, yet its fundamental association with surging force has remained consistently central to its lexical function.
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洪水来势汹汹。
人群汹涌地冲向出口。
波涛汹涌的大海让人敬畏。
舆论对他的批评声势汹汹。
他内心汹涌着复杂的情绪。
改革的浪潮汹涌澎湃，不可阻挡。
面对汹汹而来的质疑，他保持了沉默。
金融市场暗流汹涌，投资者需格外谨慎。