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The character 谣, traditionally written as 謠, is etymologically a phono-semantic compound comprising the semantic radical 言, meaning speech, and the phonetic component 䍃, which guides its pronunciation, with the simplified form altering only the radical to its abbreviated form 讠. Originally denoting songs or chants, specifically folk ballads that were sung without instrumental accompaniment, the character’s meaning gradually extended to encompass orally circulated unverified statements, thus acquiring the additional sense of rumor or gossip through the common mechanism of oral transmission.
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请不要相信谣言。
谣言常常是假的。
他喜欢听民谣音乐。
造谣的人会被惩罚。
政府出面辟谣了。
这个谣传已经很久了。
面对谣言，我们要保持冷静。
互联网上谣言传播得很快。