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The character "朴" finds its origin in a lexical form denoting a type of tree with unprocessed wood, structurally combining the semantic element "木" for wood with the phonetic indicator "卜" to guide pronunciation. Its earliest applications were specifically arboreal, yet through extended use it came to evoke the inherent plainness of natural timber. The traditional form "樸", which employs the same wood radical alongside a more complex phonetic component "菐", historically carried the abstract sense of simplicity and lack of adornment. Linguistic practice over time saw the simpler graph "朴" increasingly employed for these conceptual meanings as well, effectively merging the concrete reference to the tree with the qualitative notion of an unworked state into a unified character with broad semantic range.
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他的生活很朴素。
这位农民非常朴实。
她喜欢朴素的着装风格。
他的文章语言朴实而有力。
这件工艺品展现了质朴的美。
他为人淳朴，深受大家信任。
这种朴拙的风格在艺术中独树一帜。
在浮华的世界里，他始终保持着一份朴直的本心。