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The character 棍, meaning a stick, rod, or club, is structured with the semantic component 木 (wood) on the left, indicating its primary material, and the component 昆 on the right, which primarily serves a phonetic function. Its core meaning has consistently referred to a cylindrical piece of wood, but this concrete object lent its name to tools and weapons fashioned from it, such as a cudgel or staff. Over time, the term also developed a figurative and derogatory application, used to label a worthless or contemptible person, metaphorically extending the idea of a blunt, insensitive object to human character. While its physical referents have remained stable, this semantic extension into the social realm represents the primary shift in the application of the character over centuries.
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他捡起一根棍子。
小狗咬着棍子跑。
爷爷用棍子赶鸭子。
夏天我喜欢吃冰棍。
孩子们用棍子搭帐篷。
他拿棍子练习武术动作。
警察用棍棒控制人群。
这根棍子是由坚硬木材制成的。