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The character "定" is structurally composed of the roof radical "宀" combined with "正", which signifies uprightness or correctness, forming an ideogram that originally conveyed the idea of achieving stability and order under a shelter. Its early usage involved meanings related to settling, pacifying, or bringing calm to a situation, reflecting a state of being firmly established. Over time, this foundational sense of physical and social stability extended into more abstract applications, such as the act of deciding, fixing, or determining something with finality, thereby giving rise to its modern meanings of something that is fixed, definite, or settled.
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你一定要小心。
我们决定去旅行。
学校规定不能迟到。
他的情绪很不稳定。
这个问题需要定论。
我们必须定期检查。
合同条款已经定稿。
科学家们确定了新发现。