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The character "愈" is structured with the phonetic component "俞" positioned above the semantic component "心", which associates it with mental or physical states. Its etymological origin points to a meaning of healing or recovery from illness, a sense that naturally aligns with the "heart" radical denoting inner conditions. Over centuries, the character developed an additional adverbial function to express "more" or "increasingly", a semantic shift likely stemming from the notion of improvement or advancing beyond a previous point, thus enabling its use in comparative constructions while retaining its original medical sense in specific lexical contexts.
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天气愈发冷了。
伤口愈合得很好。
他的病已经痊愈了。
他愈说愈激动。
学习愈努力，成绩愈好。
随着时间推移，问题愈发复杂。
在经济愈发达的地区，生活成本愈高。
对于这个议题，大家的意见愈发表述，共识却愈发难以达成。