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遗 is the simplified form of the traditional character 遺. Both are phono-semantic compounds: the radical 辶, meaning "walk", situates the action in the context of movement or travel, and 贵 (simplified from 貴) serves as a phonetic marker. The character originally meant to leave something behind or lose it inadvertently while on the move. This core idea later broadened to include bequeathing property to future generations and, by extension, omitting or forgetting things entirely.
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我遗忘了书包。
这真是一个遗憾。
他继承了一大笔遗产。
这里遗留了很多历史问题。
那只狗被主人遗弃了。
我们参观了古代的遗址。
爷爷在遗嘱中分配了财产。
这些遗物见证了历史的变迁。
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