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The character 还, with its traditional form 還, is etymologically constructed from the radical 辵, denoting movement, and the component 睘, which historically contributed to its pronunciation, initially expressing the concrete action of returning or circling back to a place. Over time, its semantic scope expanded beyond physical return to incorporate abstract temporal concepts, such as the persistence of a state meaning "still" or "yet", and later developed into a grammatical marker for addition or inclusion, equivalent to "also" or "in addition". The simplified form 还, while representing a structural alteration from the traditional configuration, maintains these accumulated meanings through established linguistic convention.
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我还没有吃饭。
天气还很冷。
我还想去北京。
他虽然病了，还来上班。
请还我这本书。
他归还了借的钱。
你为什么不还钱？
即使你道歉，我还不能原谅你，除非你还我东西。