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The character "瘸" denotes lameness and is constructed with the semantic radical 疒, which signals illness or physical defect, combined with a phonetic component that has seen formal variations across different periods. Its meaning has been specifically tied to leg disability or impaired movement from early attestations, reflecting its pictophonetic design where the radical conveys the category of ailment and the phonetic element suggests pronunciation. The character's form has stabilized in modern usage, with no significant divergence between traditional and simplified systems, and its core concept of limping remains central.
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他的左腿瘸了。
他摔了一跤，腿瘸了。
那个瘸子走路很慢。
瘸腿的老人需要帮助。
自从车祸后，他就瘸了。
他看到一只瘸狗在路边。
如果腿瘸了，就不能跑步了。
尽管他瘸了，但仍然坚持工作。