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寡 originally depicted a person (the 頁 component) alone inside a house (宀), with decorative strokes around the figure that later corrupted into the unrelated 分. This image of a solitary individual in a dwelling gives the character its core sense of scarcity, fewness, or being bereft. From this, it came to specifically mean a widow, a woman left alone in the household after her husband's death. The meaning further extended into political language, where ancient rulers adopted it as a self-deprecating first-person pronoun, underscoring their unique and isolated position of supreme authority.
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那个寡妇独自生活。
他性格寡言少语。
寡头控制着市场。
他崇尚寡欲生活。
他对朋友很寡情。
那位年轻的寡妇抚养着两个孩子。
他虽然寡言，但心里明白。
在寡头政治中，权力往往集中在少数人手中。
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