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The character "郊" has always represented the areas surrounding a city, specifically the suburbs, with its etymology clearly embedded in its structural design as a phono-semantic compound. It integrates the phonetic component "交", which guides its pronunciation, with the semantic radical "阝", derived from "邑" and denoting a settlement or city, thereby conceptually pointing to the land adjoining an urban center. Throughout its history, the written form of "郊" has remained consistent, preserving its traditional composition without alteration, while its core meaning has steadily focused on the periphery of populated areas, extending no further than to imply the countryside immediately beyond a city's limits.
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我家住在郊区。
周末我们去郊游。
郊外的空气很新鲜。
春天是郊游的好季节。
这个公园位于城市郊区。
因为郊区安静，所以很多人搬去住。
我们计划下个月去郊区野餐和爬山。
尽管郊区交通不便，但它的自然环境吸引了许多居民。