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The character "悴" is structured with the heart radical 忄 and the component 卒, forming a phono-semantic compound where the radical signifies its connection to mental or emotional states and 卒 primarily offers phonetic guidance. Etymologically, it originated to describe conditions of physical emaciation or mental sorrow, as evidenced in classical Chinese usage where it conveyed a sense of depletion or distress. The character's meaning gradually focused more specifically on denoting a haggard or weary appearance, often arising from anxiety or fatigue, and in contemporary language it is predominantly encountered within the compound "憔悴" to express this notion.
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他看起来很憔悴。
她病后面容憔悴。
连续加班让他憔悴不堪。
看到儿子憔悴的样子，母亲很心疼。
由于长期缺乏睡眠，他的神情日益憔悴。
面对压力，他显得格外憔悴。
尽管他努力掩饰，但憔悴的神色还是暴露了他的疲惫。
在经历了那场漫长的诉讼之后，她原本丰润的脸颊变得异常憔悴。