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The character 埃 is a phono-semantic compound with the earth radical 土 on the left and the phonetic component 矣 on the right. The earth radical indicates its connection to soil, and the structure reflects dust as pulverized earth. Its primary meaning is fine dust or airborne soil particles. In modern usage, 埃 is also frequently employed for phonetic transcription in foreign names and places, most famously as the first character in 埃及, the Chinese name for Egypt.
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埃及是一个国家。
我喜欢埃及文化。
埃及有古老的金字塔。
房间里充满尘埃。
汽车驶过扬起一片尘埃。
埃菲尔铁塔在巴黎。
埃博拉病毒很危险。
微观世界中的尘埃也是物质。