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The character "幢" is structured as a phono-semantic compound, combining the radical "巾" meaning cloth with the phonetic component "童". Its earliest recorded meanings center on cloth objects such as banners, curtains, or pennants. Over time, the term's application broadened beyond textiles to function as a measure word for certain architectural structures, notably tall, pillar-like buildings including Buddhist sutra pillars and pagodas, a semantic shift that leveraged the vertical form common to both banners and these edifices.
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那是一幢高楼。
我们学校有一幢新教学楼。
在市中心有一幢著名的建筑。
这幢古老的房子有百年历史。
他们计划建造一幢商业大厦。
虽然这幢别墅价格昂贵，但环境非常优美。
根据规划，这里将竖起一幢三十层的写字楼。
这幢建筑的设计融合了现代与传统元素，堪称杰作。