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The character 悉 is an ideogrammatic compound with the radical 心 (xīn), meaning "heart" or "mind", positioned below the component 采 (biàn). This upper element originally depicted an animal's footprint and conveys the idea of distinguishing or differentiating. Together, they illustrate the mind carefully analyzing details to achieve complete understanding. Over time, the focus shifted from the act of distinguishing to the state of thorough knowledge, giving 悉 its modern meanings of "to know" or "to understand", as well as its adverbial sense of "entirely" or "completely".
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我熟悉这个地方。
我获悉了一个消息。
他悉数归还了书籍。
妈妈悉心照顾孩子。
请确保所有人知悉这个规定。
我们将悉力完成这项任务。
经过调查，我们悉知了事件的真相。
对于这个复杂的理论，他早已悉心研究并悉数掌握了要点。