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The character "跋" is structured as a phono-semantic compound with the semantic component "足" representing foot and the phonetic component "犮" providing pronunciation, originating with meanings related to stumbling or falling while walking. From this physical action, its semantic range broadened to include treading upon or crossing over difficult terrain, and later in literary use it developed the meaning of a postscript, an addition placed after a main text, deriving from the conceptual idea of something that follows. The character's composition has remained consistent, with its etymological foundation in movement informing its extended abstract applications.
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我们长途跋涉到达山顶。
这本书的题跋很有意义。
他的态度非常跋扈。
探险队跋涉在荒野中。
他们艰难地跋涉过山区。
作者在书后添加了跋。
这段历史是一部苦难的跋。
他的跋扈行为引起了大家的不满。