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The character 梓, structurally composed of the semantic component 木 meaning 'tree' and the phonetic component 辛, originally denoted the Catalpa tree. Its meaning extended from the tree itself to the wood harvested from it, which was historically used for carving printing blocks, thus leading the character to acquire associations with the printing and publication of texts. This functional shift resulted in its incorporation into terms related to craftsmanship and literary dissemination. While its fundamental reference to the tree persists, the character has also become a common element in personal names, leveraging its connotations of both natural substance and cultural production.
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我家门口有一棵梓树。
梓萱是我的好朋友。
这种梓木材质很好。
他回到了桑梓之地。
梓里乡亲都很热情。
这本书的梓行很精美。
她在梓园中种了许多花。
对于梓匠的工艺，他十分钦佩。