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The character 格 is a phono-semantic compound with the semantic radical 木 (wood or tree) and the phonetic component 各 (each or various). The wood radical indicates its original meaning: the long branches of a tree or a wooden framework for support or division. From this physical lattice or grid, the sense extended to denote a checkered pattern or compartment. This concept of compartmentalization then applied to abstract domains, so 格 came to mean a standard, a fixed rule, a distinctive style, a personal character trait, or a grammatical case.
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这种风格很流行。
老师对我们的要求很严格。
这家店的价格比较合理。
她的性格非常温和友善。
他努力学习，终于考试及格了。
这个城市的格局规划得很科学。
这篇作品的格调十分高雅。
科学研究需要格物致知的精神。