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The character 亟 began as a pictograph of a person between two horizontal lines, representing an extreme limit or the notion of "extremity". Later, the components 口 (mouth) and 又 (hand) were added, evoking someone shouting in a dire situation, like being chased, which gave the character its urgent cast. Today, 亟 has two distinct pronunciations and meanings. Read as jí, it conveys urgency or pressing need and appears in formal terms such as 亟待 (urgently await). Read as qì, it occurs mainly in classical Chinese, where it functions as an adverb meaning repeatedly or frequently.
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我们亟需你的帮助。
这个问题亟待解决。
政府亟须采取行动。
公司的发展亟需人才。
环境保护亟需全社会关注。
这项技术革新亟待推广到各个领域。
在危机时刻，亟须国际社会的合作与支持。
鉴于当前形势，我们亟需重新评估策略并亟待实施新方案。
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