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The character 聪, with its traditional form 聰, is a phono-semantic compound. Its left side features the ear radical 耳, linking it to hearing and auditory perception. The right side provides the pronunciation: 总 in the simplified form and 悤 in the traditional. Originally, it described acute hearing, the ability to discern faint sounds. This sense of physical perceptiveness broadened to encompass mental sharpness, leading to its primary modern meaning of intelligence, cleverness, and quick understanding.
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他非常聪明。
这个女孩聪明又可爱。
聪明的人学得快。
他虽然聪明，但是很懒惰。
她不认为自己聪明。
你怎么知道他很聪明？
在课堂上，他总是表现出惊人的聪明。
尽管他天生聪颖，但仍需要努力学习才能成功。