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The character 诞, with its traditional form 誕, is structurally composed of the speech component 言 or its simplified counterpart 讠 paired with 延, denoting extension or prolongation, which originally pointed to meanings associated with elaborate or boastful speech. Its semantic range gradually shifted from these verbal connotations of exaggeration and falsehood to encompass the idea of birth, a change likely facilitated by phonetic borrowing or metaphorical association with the notion of emergence and beginning. This evolution established birth as the character's primary meaning in contemporary usage, while vestiges of its earlier senses relating to absurdity or fabrication remain in some compound words and classical contexts.
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圣诞节快到了。
婴儿诞生在医院。
我们庆祝圣诞节日。
他的诞辰是五月一日。
这个故事很荒诞。
新公司诞生于去年。
诞生的时刻令人感动。
这个理论诞生于实验中。