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枸 is a phono-semantic compound with the wood radical 木 on the left and the phonetic 句 on the right, marking it as a plant name. It most often appears in the word for goji berry (wolfberry), a medicinal and culinary shrub native to Asia. The character also has other readings and meanings: it can refer to a type of holly or to the citron, a large citrus fruit. The wood radical consistently signals a botanical term, while 句 provides the sound for its various pronunciations.
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