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The character 控 is a phono-semantic compound. The left side is the hand radical 扌, indicating an action performed by the hand. The right side is the phonetic component 空, which means 'empty' or 'sky' and provides the pronunciation. Its original meaning was to draw a bow, a physical act requiring manual control and tension. This concrete sense of managing tension later broadened into the dominant abstract meanings of today: to control, dominate, manage, or even to accuse in a legal context.
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我能控制这台机器。
司机控制了车速。
他被指控偷窃。
公司控诉竞争对手。
政府调控经济政策。
他是一个游戏控。
如果你不能控制成本，项目就会失败。
科学家通过实验严格控制变量。