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The character "伙" originates from the element "火" meaning fire, initially denoting a hearth or campfire around which people congregated, which led to its extended sense of a group or companions. Its traditional form "夥" is composed of the components 多, signifying many, and 果, meaning fruit, a structure that underscores notions of multiplicity or assemblage. Historically, the term's meaning expanded from referring to shared physical resources to describing collective human relationships, such as business partnerships or household members, with the simplified form "伙" incorporating the person radical 亻 alongside fire to encapsulate these social dimensions in words like "伙伴" for comrade and "伙食" for meals.
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我们是好伙伴。
学校的伙食很好。
伙计，快来帮忙！
那个伙计工作很认真。
我和伙伴们一起去公园。
这家餐厅的伙食非常美味。
他伙同他人犯罪。
他们合伙开了一家公司。