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The character "现", with its traditional form "現", integrates the semantic component 玉, meaning jade, and the phonetic component 見, meaning to see, implying an original sense of jade being revealed or made visible. Initially conveying the specific idea of jade appearing, its meaning gradually extended to denote general appearance or manifestation, and later acquired the abstract temporal senses of present time or current state, demonstrating a semantic shift from concrete visibility to broader conceptual applications while retaining its compositional logic linking material substance to visual perception.
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现在天气很好。
我发现了一个问题。
他出现在教室里。
现代科技发展很快。
现实生活并不容易。
她的表现非常出色。
这本书体现了作者的思想。
现场观众热烈鼓掌。