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The character 蕾, meaning a flower bud, is structured as a phono-semantic compound with the plant radical 艹 providing semantic context and the component 雷 acting primarily as a phonetic guide to indicate its pronunciation. Etymologically, this formation aligns with the conceptualization of a bud as an embryonic plant part, while the phonetic linkage to the sound associated with thunder does not carry direct semantic weight. Over centuries, the character has preserved its core meaning related to botanical buds, and its application in written texts has consistently centered on denoting the early, unopened stage of flowers, without substantial divergence in interpretation or structural modification.
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花园里有许多花蕾。
蕾丝连衣裙很漂亮。
她喜欢跳芭蕾舞。
这些花蕾明天就会开花。
我用蕾丝装饰了我的帽子。
芭蕾舞演员的表演很精彩。
当花蕾绽放时，春天就来了。
她穿着蕾丝边裙子去参加芭蕾舞会。