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The traditional character "闊" is structured with the semantic component "門", meaning gate or door, and the phonetic component "活", which suggests its pronunciation, originally conveying the specific idea of a gate's physical width. Over centuries, its application expanded from spatial descriptions to abstract notions of broad scope or extensive range, and later it acquired additional meanings related to wealth and extravagance in certain contexts. The simplified form "阔" maintains this compositional logic by replacing "門" with the reduced radical "门" while retaining "活" as the phonetic element.
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这条河很宽阔。
他家的房子真阔气。
我们走在广阔的原野上。
阔步向前走，不要害怕。
这片开阔地适合建公园。
他阔别家乡已经十年了。
他的生活方式非常阔绰。
热带雨林中有很多阔叶树。