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The character "涯" is structured with the water radical on the left alongside the component "厓", which itself implies a steep bank or precipice, thus etymologically pointing to the margin where land meets water, such as a riverbank or shoreline. Over time, this concrete sense of a physical boundary broadened to abstract applications, denoting limits or extremities in both spatial and temporal realms, as observed in classical texts where it could reference the edge of the known world or the confines of human existence. Its composition as a phono-semantic compound has preserved the aquatic connotation through the radical while the right-hand element contributes both sound and semantic nuance, reflecting a gradual conceptual expansion from tangible borders to metaphorical frontiers without altering its fundamental form.
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我的生涯很快乐。
天涯的风景很美丽。
学习之路无涯。
她规划了自己的生涯。
天涯远处有一座城市。
人类探索无涯的宇宙。
在生涯的早期，他做了很多决定。
尽管生涯的涯际模糊，但他依然前行。