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The traditional character "豎" is etymologically derived from the component "臤", which combines "臣" meaning servant and "又" representing a hand to imply firmness or steadfastness, alongside "豆" denoting a vessel or stand, together suggesting an original sense of a servant standing firm or an object set upright. Its early meanings associated with a servile position gradually broadened to encompass the abstract spatial concept of verticality, shifting from referring to a person in a fixed posture to describing perpendicular alignment as an adjective and the action of erecting as a verb. The simplified form "竖" reconfigures this structure into the elements "立" for standing and "又" for hand, offering a graphically reduced representation that still alludes to the idea of upright placement through its compositional logic.
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他把大拇指竖起来了。
竖线可以用来分割段落。
请把这块木板竖着放。
那座古老的石碑依然竖立在广场中央。
她擅长弹奏竖琴，声音非常优美。
这个软件可以让你把手机屏幕竖屏锁定。
建筑工人正在竖立新的电线杆。
经过仔细辨认，他才看清石碑上竖排的繁体字。