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The character 宛, formed from the roof radical 宀 above the component 夗 which suggests bending, initially depicted the image of a person curled up inside a house, thereby embodying notions of curvature and winding paths. This concrete representation gradually gave rise to more abstract applications, as the sense of something indirect or coiled extended metaphorically to describe mannerisms and appearances that are not literal, leading to its adoption in classical texts to mean "as if" or "resembling". Over centuries, this semantic expansion solidified its role in expressing likeness and suppleness, while its structural composition has persisted without significant graphical change.
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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。