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The character "骇", whose traditional form is "駭", is structured as a phono-semantic compound with "馬" (horse) as the semantic radical and "亥" as the phonetic component, indicating its original association with the startling of horses. This etymological link to equine fright gradually broadened to describe any sudden human alarm or astonishment, generalizing the specific reaction into a term for shock or terror. The simplified form "骇" maintains the phonetic "亥" while adapting the radical to "马", preserving the character's essential composition even as its meaning shifted from a literal equine response to a more abstract sense of widespread surprise or fear.
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这故事真骇人。
他露出骇然的表情。
电影里的怪兽很骇人。
听到爆炸声，大家骇异不已。
这场事故骇醒了沉睡的居民。
科学家们被这个发现骇住了。
骇人的真相让所有人都沉默了。
即便是在噩梦中，她也未曾经历过如此骇人的情境。