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The simplified character 让 is derived from the traditional 讓, a phonosemantic compound that expressed yielding, conceding, and permitting. The traditional form used the semantic radical 言 (speech) with the phonetic 襄 (xiāng). The simplification replaced the complex right-side element 襄 with the character 上 (shàng) and reduced the radical 言 to 讠, making 让 a phonosemantic compound where 讠 provides the meaning and 上 the sound. The character's meanings, giving way, allowing, conceding, and transferring, originally referred to using words to humbly decline, yield a position, or offer something to another.
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请让我帮助你。
妈妈让我回家。
老师让学生读书。
你能让我过去吗？
这件事让我很高兴。
他总是不让别人说话。
如果你让我决定，我会选择离开。
他的行为让所有人都感到失望。
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