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稞 refers to a specific variety of highland barley cultivated as a staple crop in high-altitude regions like the Tibetan plateau. It is a hulless grain, making it particularly valuable for food production. The character is formed by combining the semantic radical 禾 on the left, which classifies it among cereal crops, with the phonetic component 果 on the right, which indicates its pronunciation. Its meaning is specialized to botany and agriculture, denoting the hardy grain used to prepare traditional foods such as tsampa and local alcoholic beverages, firmly linking it to highland farming and regional cuisine.
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