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The character 籁 is a phono-semantic compound primarily related to musical instruments and sounds. Its upper component is the bamboo radical 竹, indicating the material originally used to make Chinese wind instruments. The lower component is 赖 (traditional 賴), which provides the pronunciation. Historically, 籁 first meant a bamboo flute with three holes, but its meaning expanded to include sounds made by wind passing through hollow spaces or natural objects. Over time, it came to describe natural sounds, atmospheric acoustics, and environmental music, extending beyond its original sense of a specific bamboo instrument.
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这首曲子宛如天籁。
森林里充满了自然之籁。
他的演奏被誉为天籁之音。
夜晚的寂静中，偶尔传来天籁般的歌声。
画家试图用色彩捕捉自然界的籁。
当我们倾听天籁时，心灵会得到净化。
音响工程师追求还原现场的天籁效果。
在繁忙的都市中，寻找一丝天籁成为许多人的奢望。