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The character 遮 is a phono-semantic compound, formed by the semantic movement radical 辶 (which often implies walking or progression) and the phonetic component 庶 on the right or upper-right. Its original sense of intercepting or stopping someone on a path aligns with the walking radical. This concept of physical interception broadened to meanings like covering, blocking, or hiding something from view. In modern usage, it commonly describes shielding from light, concealing the truth, or creating a barrier, reflecting a shift from a specific action of halting to a general state of occlusion.
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他用书遮住脸。
窗帘遮住了窗户。
大树遮住了阳光。
她用围巾遮住脖子。
这幅画被布遮住了。
乌云遮住了整个天空。
为了遮羞，他急忙转过身去。
巨大的广告牌遮住了远处的山景。