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The character "潘" originally denoted water used for washing rice or stagnant water, a meaning derived from its structural composition of the water radical combined with the phonetic component "番". Over time, its primary application shifted away from this literal sense toward functioning as a surname, a semantic transition that occurred gradually through long-term linguistic use while the character's graphical form persisted without significant alteration. This change reflects how the character's role evolved from describing a specific substance to serving as a familial identifier, maintaining its etymological link to water through its constituent elements even as that concrete meaning receded.
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潘先生是学校的老师。
潘女士每天锻炼身体。
潘老师教我们中文。
潘多拉盒子充满了好奇。
潘帕斯草原位于南美洲。
潘工程师设计了一座新桥。
潘经理主持了今天的会议。
潘教授发表的论文影响很大。