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The character 让, simplified from the traditional form 讓, structurally combines the speech radical 言 with the phonetic component 襄 in its traditional iteration, where 襄 provided approximate sound while the radical indicated verbal association. The simplified form 让 replaces the complex right component 襄 with 上, resulting in a composition of the speech radical 讠 and 上, which alters the phonetic element but maintains the character's connection to speech acts. Etymologically, the character originally conveyed meanings of censure or blame in early classical usage, but over centuries its primary sense shifted towards yielding, deferring, or politely declining, eventually settling into its modern predominant meanings of allowing or permitting.
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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。