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The character "控" is structured with the hand radical (扌) on the left, signaling actions related to the hand, and the phonetic component "空" on the right, which provides a sound clue. Its earliest meanings centered on physical actions like pulling or drawing, such as drawing a bowstring. Over time, this concrete sense extended to more abstract applications, including the idea of exercising control or restraint over objects and situations, as well as taking on meanings like accusing or expressing emotions, as seen in literary usage. In modern Chinese, it frequently appears in compounds such as "控制" for control and "控诉" for accusation, demonstrating a semantic shift from direct manual manipulation to broader conceptual domains.
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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。