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怆 is a phono-semantic compound expressing profound sorrow or grief. Its semantic radical 忄 (heart) on the left categorizes it among emotional terms. The phonetic component 仓 on the right provides the pronunciation 'chuàng'. The traditional form 愴 uses the same radical with the unsimplified phonetic 倉. This character appears in literary contexts to describe deep emotional pain, mourning, or distress, consistently conveying a sense of heavy psychological burden.
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这首歌听起来很悲怆。
离别时他感到凄怆。
战争后的景象令人悲怆。
她的眼中流露出怆然的神色。
听到噩耗，他怆然泪下。
面对废墟，一种怆痛的感觉涌上心头。
历史的怆痕深深烙印在这片土地上。
在无尽的黑暗中，他体验到一种宇宙级的怆惘。