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The character "图", whose traditional form is "圖", originally conveyed the concept of a map or territorial plan, an idea embedded within its composition. Etymologically, it combines the enclosure radical "囗", representing a bounded area, with "啚", a component which historically signified a granary or storehouse, thus together implying the delineation and strategic planning of a domain. Over time, its meaning expanded from this concrete sense of a geographical chart to encompass any kind of diagram, blueprint, or illustrative plan, and further abstracted to include notions of intention, ambition, and seeking, as seen in words like "企图" (to attempt) and "图谋" (to scheme). The structural simplification from "圖" to "图" replaced the internal complex component with the more straightforward "冬", a change which streamlined writing while retaining the essential enclosing framework of the original form.
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我正在看地图。
这张图片很漂亮。
我去图书馆看书。
他试图解决这个问题。
这个图表显示数据。
不要贪图便宜的商品。
工程师正在设计图纸。
他们图谋夺取公司的控制权。