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round bamboo basket
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A phono-semantic compound, 筥 combines the semantic radical 竹 (bamboo, covering objects made from bamboo) with the phonetic 吕, which gives the pronunciation jǔ. The character originally designated a round bamboo basket for holding grain, food, or household items, and its meaning remained narrowly tied to this agricultural and domestic container, reflecting ancient China's reliance on bamboo for weaving. Although the phonetic 吕 originated as a pictograph of a human spine, here it functions solely as a sound indicator and carries no semantic weight.
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