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The character 绕, whose traditional form is 繞, etymologically centers on the action of coiling or winding, derived from its silk radical 糸 which indicates a thread-based action, combined with the component 堯 which historically suggested height or elevation, possibly evoking the image of threads wound upward or encircling something. Over time, its core meaning expanded from the concrete physical act of winding, such as with thread or a cord, to encompass more abstract applications like detouring around an obstacle or metaphorically encircling and surrounding a subject. The simplified form 绕, prevalent in contemporary usage, retains the silk radical in its simplified form 纟 while streamlining the phonetic component to 尧, thus maintaining the character's conceptual link to coiled or circular motion while presenting a structurally less complex graph.
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我绕过那棵树
孩子们围绕老师坐
这条路绕道而行
绳子缠绕在柱子上
我们绕湖走了一圈
他绕开话题直接回答
飞机绕城市飞行一周
这个问题绕来绕去很复杂