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The character "弘" is structured with the radical "弓" denoting a bow and the component "厶", which historically contributed a sense of personal or emphatic action, together conveying the idea of a bow's extension or its resonant sound. Etymologically, it originally represented physical enlargement or breadth, often used in early texts to describe something vast or to amplify scope. Over centuries, its meaning gradually shifted from concrete expansion to more abstract applications, such as the propagation of ideas, virtues, or cultural values, as seen in later compounds where it implies promotion or enhancement. While its core semantic field has consistently centered on concepts of magnitude and dissemination, the character's graphical composition has remained stable, with the bow radical persistently suggesting tensile strength and reach.
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我们弘扬中华文化。
他有一个弘大的梦想。
学校弘扬节约精神。
弘毅是君子的重要品质。
他们致力于弘法利生的事业。
弘愿的实现需要不懈坚持。
这部著作弘阐了古代哲学的精华。
弘济时艰需要全民共同努力与合作。