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The character 黔 is a phono-semantic compound. Its radical is 黑 (black), which provides the semantic category, while the component 今 serves as the phonetic indicator. Its core meaning is the color black, and in classical literature it was used to describe the black hair of the common people, giving rise to the term "Qianshou" as a synecdoche for the populace. Beyond this literal sense, 黔 holds significant geographical meaning as the official single-character abbreviation for Guizhou Province in southwestern China. This association stems from the ancient Qianzhong Commandery that once covered the region, permanently linking the character to that territory’s administrative and cultural identity.
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贵州省的简称是黔。
黔江流经重庆市。
我想去黔东南旅游。
黔剧是贵州的地方戏。
黔北地区的经济发展很快。
黔西南有丰富的矿产资源。
黔江的水清澈见底，风景优美。
近年来，黔中城市群的发展备受关注。