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The character 遏, formed by the movement radical 辶 and the component 曷 which primarily provides phonetic guidance, has its origins in classical Chinese with a consistent sense of stopping or restraining. Its structural composition suggests a conceptual relationship between motion and its interruption, where the radical implies action and the combined element contributes to both sound and a nuanced meaning of cessation. Over time, this character has retained its core signification of suppression or prevention, appearing in early texts and later linguistic usage with little deviation from this fundamental idea. While its graphical representation has remained stable, the character's application has extended into various derived compounds, yet always within the semantic domain of curbing or hindering, reflecting a persistent etymological thread.
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遏制通货膨胀是政府的首要任务。
我们必须遏制这种不良风气的蔓延。
任何力量都无法遏止历史的车轮。
政府采取强力措施来遏止暴力犯罪。
新政策旨在遏抑房价的过快上涨。
他的怒气如同洪流，难以遏抑。
这种药物的作用是遏阻癌细胞的扩散。
军民携手，成功阻遏了敌人的攻势。