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The character "玺", traditionally written as "璽", originally referred specifically to the imperial seal, with its composition combining the phonetic component "爾" and the radical "玉" denoting jade, the preferred material for such authoritative objects. Over centuries, its meaning gradually expanded to include the seals of high officials and later any formal or personal stamp, while the simplified form "玺" replaced the complex "爾" with "尔" for ease of writing, yet retained the "玉" component to sustain the semantic link to carved seals.
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这块玉玺非常古老。
玉玺是古代皇帝的印章。
博物馆里陈列着一方金玺。
他在古籍中读到了传国玉玺的故事。
考古学家希望能找到失踪的玉玺。
这方玉玺的发现震惊了历史学界。
玉玺不仅是一件文物，更是权力的象征。
经过专家鉴定，这方玺印确属秦代文物。