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The character "嵌" is structured from the components for mountain (山) and to lack (欠), with the element for sweet (甘) inserted between them, visually conveying the idea of a gap or hollow in a rock into which something is firmly placed. Its core meaning has consistently centered on the act of inlaying or setting one object into another, such as jewels into metal or stone into a surface, to create a flush and decorative whole. Over time, while retaining this concrete sense of craftsmanship, its application broadened to describe more abstract forms of embedding, such as embedding a quotation within a text or incorporating a clause within a legal document, thus extending the principle of fitting one thing seamlessly into a designated space in a metaphorical context.
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戒指上镶嵌了钻石。
这幅画镶嵌在镜框里。
他把宝石嵌入戒指中。
窗户上镶嵌着彩色玻璃。
这座雕像的眼睛镶嵌着蓝宝石。
软件中嵌入了防盗版系统。
他的记忆里嵌入了童年的片段。
微观结构中嵌合着多种纳米材料。