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The character for warmth, 暖, originally conveyed the specific, physical sensation of sunlight, as its structure combines the sun radical (日) with the component 爰, which historically represented a hand offering aid, suggesting the sun's gift of heat. Over time, its meaning broadened from describing tangible atmospheric warmth to encompass the abstract, comforting quality of human kindness and gentleness. The traditional form remains unchanged in this case, while the simplified form, also 暖, altered the right-hand component to the upper portion of the character for love (爱), creating a visual and conceptual link between warmth and affection. This development reflects how the character's semantic range expanded from an environmental condition to an emotional state.
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今天天气很暖和。
这杯茶很暖胃。
阳光温暖了房间。
他的一句话让我心里暖暖的。
春天带来了暖风和花香。
在寒冷的冬日，暖炉是不可或缺的。
她的微笑像暖阳一样照亮了我的生活。
通过社区服务，他希望能给孤独的老人送去温暖。