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The character 宛, which serves as both its traditional and modern standardized form, is structurally composed of the roof radical 宀 atop the component 夗, the latter suggesting a phonetic and possibly semantic role related to bending or turning. Its early meanings were associated with winding, bending, or something that is curved or coiled. From this concrete sense, the character developed the abstract, adverbial meaning of "as if" or "seemingly", implying a resemblance or a state that is not literally true, a semantic shift from the physical to the metaphorical. Additionally, 宛 functions as a phonetic element in other characters, such as 碗 (bowl) and 腕 (wrist), which incorporate its sound while using different radicals to indicate meaning.
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她的笑容宛如阳光。
他说话的声音很宛转。
这里的景色宛然一幅画。
月光下的湖面宛似一面镜子。
她的歌声宛转悠扬，打动人心。
那座古老的建筑宛然矗立在城市中心。
他的描述如此生动，宛将我们带回了那个时代。
尽管岁月变迁，这里的风土人情宛昔日的模样，令人怀念。