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抄 combines the hand radical 扌, indicating a manual action, with 少 as its phonetic element. 少 also carries the meaning "few", which historically shaped the character's original sense of grabbing or taking a small amount. The primary meaning later shifted to hand-copying text, a sense that has expanded in modern usage to include duplicating documents and, negatively, plagiarizing.
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他在抄写课文。
我每天抄写生词。
抄袭别人的作业不对。
请抄送这份文件给我。
她抄录了重要的信息。
古代犯罪可能会被抄家。
我们抄近路去学校吧。
他因抄袭论文被学校开除。