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The character 葡 is a phono-semantic compound formed to transliterate a foreign term from the Silk Road. Its structure pairs the semantic grass radical 艹, indicating a plant-related meaning, with the phonetic component 匍. It functions almost entirely as a bound morpheme, combining with 萄 to form 葡萄 (grape), a fruit not native to ancient China. Its use is restricted to the grapevine, its fruit, and derivatives like wine, without developing independent meanings outside this pair.
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我喜欢吃葡萄。
这些葡萄很新鲜。
妈妈买了许多葡萄。
葡萄牙在欧洲西部。
葡萄可以酿酒。
我们学习葡萄牙语。
葡萄牙的葡萄酒很有名。
他在葡萄牙品尝了当地葡萄。