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The character "撑", with its traditional form "撐", is structurally composed of the hand radical (扌) alongside the component "掌", which functions phonetically and semantically, the latter meaning palm or control, thus reinforcing the manual action implied by the radical. Etymologically, it originally denoted the physical act of propping or supporting, consistent with its hand-related construction, and over time its semantic range broadened to include meanings such as pushing open an object like a door or window, and further to expressing the concept of filling something to its utmost capacity, as in the sensation of being overfull.
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我撑不住了。
他撑开了雨伞。
她在门口撑伞。
因为下雨，他撑起了伞。
他努力撑过困难时期。
这根柱子支撑着屋顶。
虽然很累，但他还是撑到了终点。
政府的政策撑起了经济的复苏。