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The character "畸" integrates the radical 田, denoting a field, with the component 奇, which provides phonetic guidance and contributes connotations of strangeness, initially referring to irregular or uneven sections of farmland in early texts. Its semantic scope was primarily agricultural, relating to land division and topography, but gradually extended to describe any asymmetric or abnormal condition, such as in terms for physical deformities or aberrant phenomena. This conceptual broadening also led to its adoption in mathematical language to indicate fractional parts or remainders, reflecting a shift from concrete descriptions of land to abstract representations of deviation and irregularity across various contexts.
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这种畸形很罕见。
医生检查了胎儿的畸形。
环境污染可能导致畸形。
这种畸变在图像中很明显。
社会上有一些畸形的价值观。
科学家研究了辐射引起的畸变。
这种畸形发育与基因突变有关。
长期暴露于化学物质可能造成器官的畸形。