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The traditional character "瓊" is structured with the component "玉" representing jade and "敻" serving a phonetic function, originally denoting a specific variety of red jade in early Chinese usage. Over time, its meaning broadened from this material reference to describe anything of high quality or beauty within literary and poetic language. The simplified character "琼" alters this construction by replacing "敻" with the phonetic component "京" and employing "王" as a variant radical associated with jade, thereby changing the character's graphical form while its association with preciousness and refinement persists.
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小琼今天很高兴。
琼阿姨住在北京。
海南简称琼。
这杯琼浆味道很好。
琼州海峡很宽阔。
小琼学习非常努力。
琼岛的气候非常宜人。
当小琼到达琼州时，天已经黑了。