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The character "袤", whose traditional form is identical, is structurally composed of the clothing radical "衣" which forms an outer frame, with the component "矛" inserted in its center. Etymologically, this construction originally depicted a long, flowing garment, specifically referring to the length of a robe or the hemline. Over time, its application shifted from the concrete object of clothing to an abstract sense of spatial extension, coming to mean "vast expanse" or "length and breadth", as seen in the compound "广袤" which describes the dimensions of land. The component "矛" in its modern form is an abbreviated graphical element and does not contribute the meaning of "spear" to the character's semantics. The clothing-related meaning is now largely obsolete, with the sense of expanse becoming primary.
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中国的土地非常广袤。
广袤的草原上有牛羊。
我们驾车穿越广袤的沙漠。
这片广袤的森林里有很多动物。
广袤的大地孕育了无数生命。
在广袤的宇宙中，地球很小。
面对广袤的历史长河，我们深感渺小。
科学家们正在研究广袤太空中的奥秘。