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The character "诏" originated as a combination of the semantic component "言" (speech) and the phonetic component "召" (to summon), forming its traditional variant "詔". Its original sense was "to instruct" or "to make clear", typically in a verbal context, but over centuries of imperial use its meaning narrowed and elevated exclusively to denote a proclamation or decree issued by the emperor. This semantic shift reflects the character’s adoption into the formal vocabulary of state authority, where it came to embody a specific genre of documentary command, moving from general instruction to a symbol of sovereign mandate communicated from the throne to the officials and populace.
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皇帝颁布了诏书。
诏书的内容很详细。
皇帝发布了新的诏令。
昨天，皇宫里传出了诏书。
因为战事紧急，皇帝急忙下诏。
诏书一到，官员们立即跪接。
皇帝在诏中宣布了大赦天下的决定。
尽管诏令已颁，但各地诸侯并未完全遵从。