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圾 is a phonosemantic compound in which the earth radical 土 on the left provides the semantic category of soil and waste, and the component 及 on the right indicates the pronunciation. Unlike most characters, 圾 has no independent life; it is used almost exclusively in the two-character word 垃圾, meaning garbage or rubbish. The earth radical directly connects to the physical stuff of refuse: sweepings, dirt, and discarded materials that accumulate on the ground. Its meaning, therefore, is entirely bound to the concept of waste and accumulated filth.
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地上有垃圾。
不要乱扔垃圾。
垃圾需要分类。
他每天倒垃圾。
垃圾车来收垃圾了。
我们应该减少垃圾的产生。
垃圾分类对环境保护很重要。
在处理垃圾时，我们必须遵守相关规定。
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