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The character "句" originally depicted a bent or hooked item, derived from its components 勹, representing something wrapped or bent, and 口, indicating an opening or utterance. Its early meaning was "hook" or "crooked", a sense later specialized by adding a metal radical to create the character "鉤". Over time, the primary function of "句" shifted to denote a linguistic unit, specifically a phrase or sentence, conceptualized as a segment of speech bounded or "hooked" together. This grammatical meaning became dominant, entirely supplanting the original concrete meaning in modern usage.
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这是一个句子。
他说了一句很重要的话。
请把这句话翻译成英文。
你能造一个疑问句吗？
写文章时要注意句子的通顺。
这个长句的语法结构比较复杂。
这段话由几个并列句构成。
不同的句式可以表达出微妙的语气差异。