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The modern character 仆 combines two historically distinct characters with different meanings and pronunciations. The original character 仆 (pū) consists of the person radical 亻 and the phonetic 卜, describing the action of a person falling forward or lying prone. It also serves as the simplified form of the traditional character 僕 (pú), which uses the person radical with the phonetic 菐 to denote a subordinate, such as a servant, retainer, or a humble self-reference used by officials.
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这个仆人很聪明。
他雇佣了一个仆人。
国王有许多仆从。
仆役们正在打扫房间。
他不小心仆倒在地。
那个老仆人讲述了过去的故事。
在古代，仆人的地位非常低下。
尽管他出身仆役家庭，但通过努力成为了学者。