Definitions
(noun)
rate; frequency; proportion
(verb)
to lead; to command
(adverb)
generally; usually
(adjective)
frank; straightforward
Etymology
Pictograph of a rope with four dots representing bits of threads. Based on the original meaning "rope". The meaning later shifted to "lead", "follow", "standard", "rate", and "frequency".
About
The character "率" originates from a pictographic depiction of a net or a rope, a tool for leading or guiding, which directly informed its early meanings of leading, commanding, or setting a standard. Its structure, which remains consistent in its traditional form, abstractly retains this idea of a central line or control. From this concrete sense of guiding or a standard to be followed, the character’s meaning broadened to encompass the derived concept of a ratio, proportion, or rate, representing the measurable outcome or standard derived from a process. This semantic expansion resulted in its modern dual usage, where it can alternately mean to lead or to be frank, and to denote a mathematical or statistical rate, a logical progression from the idea of an established standard or guideline.
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工作效率很高。
他率队获得胜利。
她说话非常率直。
提高学习效率很重要。
今年的人口增长率很低。
汇率变化影响出国旅游。
计算出这个概率需要数据。
他以率真的个性赢得信任。