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The character "浅", traditionally written as "淺", incorporates the water radical alongside the component "戔", which historically carries connotations of diminishment or scantiness, thereby etymologically constructing the idea of water with limited depth. Over time, its semantic range extended from describing physical shallowness to figurative uses, such as indicating superficial knowledge, slight degrees of intensity, or pale colors within compound expressions. The structural shift to the simplified form "浅" modified the right-hand element to "戋" while preserving the water radical, thus continuing to anchor the character's meaning in concepts associated with liquidity and lack of profundity, a conceptual continuity evident from its earliest recorded uses through to modern applications.
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这个湖的水很浅。
我买了一件浅蓝色的衬衫。
孩子们在浅水区玩耍。
他对这个问题的理解很浅。
这篇文章内容浅显，容易读懂。
我们只是浅交，并不熟悉。
这种浅层分析无法揭示根本原因。
她用浅显的语言解释了复杂的理论。