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The character "渭" is a phono-semantic compound consisting of the water radical (氵) to denote its association with liquid flow and the component "胃" which primarily serves a phonetic function. Etymologically, it originated as the name for the Wei River, a major tributary of the Yellow River, and this toponymic meaning has been its sole sustained semantic value. Its structural composition, with the semantic indicator on the left and the phonetic element on the right, has remained unchanged in its standard orthographic form.
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渭河是中国的一条河流。
我们打算去渭南旅游。
渭河的水很清澈。
他在渭河边长大。
渭河两岸的风景非常优美。
西安位于渭河流域的中部。
治理渭河污染需要长期努力。
渭河与泾河的交汇处形成了奇观。