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葙 (xiāng) is a phono-semantic compound character naming a type of plant. Its structure features the 艹 (grass) radical at the top, indicating its semantic category as a plant or herb. The component 相 (xiāng) below provides the pronunciation. This character appears almost exclusively in the compound 青葙 (qīngxiāng), the botanical name for Celosia argentea, a herbaceous plant valued in traditional medicine for its distinctive feathery flowers.
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