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The character '霹' is a semantic-phonetic compound consisting of the semantic component '雨', which denotes weather phenomena, and the phonetic component '辟', providing auditory cues. It originated specifically for the disyllabic word '霹雳', an onomatopoeic term mimicking the sound of thunder, and thus its etymology is directly tied to representing the initial syllable of this compound. Over centuries, '霹' has retained a narrow semantic range, exclusively associated with thunderous crashes or sudden, violent manifestations of lightning, without expanding into unrelated meanings. Its structural composition of '雨' and '辟' has remained unchanged, reflecting its consistent role in denoting meteorological acoustics.
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昨晚的霹雳很吓人。
闪电和霹雳同时发生。
他被巨大的霹雳声吓到了。
霹雳般的消息让人震惊。
电影中的霹雳特效非常逼真。
科学家正在研究霹雳的形成原理。
由于霹雳击中树木，引发了一场森林火灾。
在现代文学中，霹雳常被用作象征手法。