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The character for "sedan chair", and by extension "sedan car", originates from the traditional form "轎", which is structurally composed of the radical for "vehicle" (車) on the left, and the component "喬" on the right, which historically suggested something tall or elevated, thus together denoting a type of enclosed passenger vehicle carried on poles. Its core meaning was always tied to a human-powered conveyance, specifically a palanquin or litter, used for transporting a person, a concept that persisted through centuries of imperial China. The semantic field of the character expanded in the modern era to naturally encompass the automobile, specifically the enclosed passenger car, as a mechanical successor to the human-carried chair. The simplified form "轿" maintains the vehicle radical (车) while altering the phonetic component for ease of writing, yet the fundamental concept of a passenger vehicle remains intact within its construction.
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我有一辆轿车。
这辆轿车很新。
他每天开轿车上班。
轿车停在停车场里。
红色的轿车比较显眼。
我打算买一辆新能源轿车。
在古代，轿子是重要的交通工具。
尽管轿车普及了，但有些人仍然喜欢坐轿子体验传统文化。