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The character "逆" is composed of the walking radical 辶 and the phonetic component 屰, which itself depicts an inverted person, providing a structural clue to the character's core idea of contrary motion. Its original meaning was "to meet" or "to welcome", implying a movement towards something, but this sense shifted to emphasize the opposition inherent in that meeting, giving rise to its primary meanings of "to go against", "to disobey", or "contrary". This semantic development from a neutral or even positive sense of encounter to one of opposition is reflected in the character's application in words for rebellion, adversity, and reversal, as well as in its mathematical use to denote an inverse.
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我逆风行走。
他逆向行驶。
逆境让人坚强。
球队逆转了比赛。
她的意见很逆耳。
年轻人有时会叛逆。
在逆光环境下拍照很难。
经济逆境中，企业需要创新求生存。