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The character "域" in its traditional form consists of the semantic component "土" (earth) and the phonetic component "或", which itself originally depicted a walled city or state protected by a weapon, conveying the idea of a defined and defended area. From this, the character's core meaning emerged as a bounded territory or region under a specific jurisdiction, such as a feudal state or a defined plot of land. Over time, its application broadened beyond the purely geographical and political to encompass more abstract spheres of influence or ranges of activity, leading to its modern use in terms like "领域" (field or domain) to indicate a conceptual or professional realm. This semantic expansion retained the fundamental notion of a delineated space while allowing it to be applied to both physical territories and immaterial scopes of knowledge or control.
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这个区域很安全。
他在技术领域工作。
我们需要保护自然区域。
这个域名已经被注册了。
在艺术领域，她很有天赋。
这个公司的业务领域很广泛。
在科学研究领域，国际合作日益频繁。
通过分析不同经济领域的数据，我们可以预测市场趋势。