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The character 闽, whose traditional form is 閩, began as a designation for an ethnic group inhabiting the area corresponding to modern Fujian province. The construction of 閩 combines the semantic component 虫, meaning insect or reptile, with the phonetic element 門, meaning gate, though the association with 虫 is often connected to historical descriptions of the region's serpent population. This character's primary meaning shifted from identifying that specific group to serving as the standard geographical abbreviation for Fujian itself. In its contemporary simplified form 闽, the component 虫 remains while 門 is rendered as 门.
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闽菜很好吃。
闽南语很难学。
福建省简称闽。
闽江是福建的河流。
闽商在中国很有名。
闽北山区风景优美。
闽台文化有深厚渊源。
闽学是宋代福建的理学流派。