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The character 芒 is a phono-semantic compound: the upper radical 艹 gives the meaning 'grass, vegetation', while the lower component 亡 indicates the sound. It originally referred to the awn, the stiff bristle on the flower or ear of grasses and cereal crops like wheat and barley. From the sharpness of these bristles, the meaning broadened to include the sharp tip of a blade, a point of light, or dazzling rays of a celestial body; it is also used phonetically in the modern Chinese word for mango.
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这个芒果很甜。
妈妈买了很多芒果。
太阳发出耀眼的光芒。
他的眼神里闪烁着智慧的光芒。
稻田里长满了金黄的芒草。
这把刀的锋芒十分锐利。
在黑暗中，一线光芒带来了希望。
尽管生活充满荆棘，他依然保持着内心的光芒。
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