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The character for "ring" or "circle", historically represented by the traditional form 環, combines the semantic radical for "jade" (玉) with a phonetic component (睘) to originally signify jade rings or bracelets, reflecting its early material context. Its meaning progressively expanded from concrete circular ornaments to include any ring-shaped object, then verbal senses of surrounding or encompassing, and eventually abstract notions like cycles or circuits. The modern variant 环 maintains the left radical 王, a common simplification of 玉, while incorporating 不 on the right, which aligns with contemporary pronunciation and streamlines the character's structure.
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这里的环境很好。
他环顾了四周。
河流环绕着小镇。
保护环境很重要。
这个环状结构很坚固。
他们讨论了环境问题。
在循环系统中，水被重复利用。
为了解决环境污染，政府实施了一系列环保政策。