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The character "装", whose traditional form is "裝", combines the phonetic component "壯" (zhuàng), conveying strength, with the semantic component "衣" (yī), meaning clothing, to originally signify attire or the act of dressing. Its early meaning centered on garments and the process of putting them on, which then extended to more general concepts of equipping, assembling, or loading objects, as in terms like 装备 (equipment). Over time, the character acquired additional abstract senses, such as feigning or pretending, exemplified in words like 假装 (to pretend), demonstrating a shift from concrete physical actions to include metaphorical behaviors.
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我正在安装软件。
她喜欢穿服装。
明天我们装饰房间。
他假装不知道这件事。
因为下雨，他装上了雨衣。
工厂装备了新型机器。
为了安全，我们必须安装警报系统。
这些数据被装入数据库进行分析。