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The character for "to read" or "to review", 阅, originates from its traditional form 閱, which is composed of the gate radical 門 and the phonetic and semantic component 兑, the latter suggesting an element of exchange or clearance. This structure points to an original meaning centered on inspection and passage, specifically referring to the practice of checking and counting troops as they passed through a gate. Over time, the application of this scrutiny broadened from a military context to the general examination of accounts, documents, and official matters, eventually settling into its predominant modern sense of perusing written text, thereby internalizing the act of inspection as a cognitive process performed upon written words.
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我每天都阅读。
他正在查阅资料。
这份文件需要审阅。
他的阅历非常丰富。
请仔细阅读这份合同。
我们已批阅了所有试卷。
阅读可以开阔人的视野。
将军检阅了受阅部队。