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The character "稠" is etymologically composed of the semantic component "禾", indicating grain or plants, combined with the phonetic and semantic component "周", which conveys notions of thoroughness and density. Its original meaning pertained specifically to the close spacing and thickness of cultivated crops in a field. From this agricultural foundation, its sense broadened to describe any substance possessing a high viscosity or concentration, such as a thick porridge or dense liquid, while also extending abstractly to situations characterized by a high density of objects or people. The traditional form of the character retains this original construction, and its conceptual journey reflects a logical progression from a concrete, physical property of vegetation to a more generalized adjective for thickness and crowdedness.
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这粥煮得很稠。
早晨的雾气稠密，看不清路。
蜂蜜是一种黏稠的液体。
这个地区人口稠密，交通拥堵。
数据点稠集的区域需要重点分析。
他做的酱汁过于浓稠，需要加点水。
这种黏稠的原油很难开采和运输。
流体在不同温度下黏稠度会发生变化。