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注 is a phono-semantic compound: the left side 氵 (water) provides the semantic category, and the right side 主 indicates the pronunciation. Its original meaning was the physical act of pouring liquid, filling a container or a stream flowing into a larger body of water. This notion of directed flow was metaphorically extended to mental focus (directing attention, concentrating effort) and to the act of annotating texts. In simplified Chinese, 注 has absorbed the meanings "register" and "comment" (formerly written 註), while traditional Chinese keeps them distinct.
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请你注意安全。
我注册了一个新账号。
医生给他注射了疫苗。
她注视着远方的风景。
请注明你的联系方式。
我们必须注重产品质量。
投资者关注市场变化。
这项研究注入了新的思路。
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