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The character for shrimp, originally depicted in its traditional form as "蝦", structurally combines the insect radical "虫" with the phonetic element "叚", a construction that aligns it with small, segmented creatures and provides a clue to its historical pronunciation. Throughout its use, the character's primary meaning has remained consistently focused on denoting various species of shrimp and prawns, without significant semantic shift. The graphical form later saw a simplification of its phonetic component from "叚" to "下", resulting in the contemporary shape "虾", a change that streamlined the character's structure while preserving its core semantic link to aquatic crustaceans through the retained radical.
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虾是一种海鲜。
妈妈炒了一盘虾。
我喜欢去市场买虾。
龙虾比普通虾贵。
他用虾仁做了饺子馅。
在宴会上，虾是常见的开胃菜。
由于过敏，他不能吃任何虾类食品。
厨师精心烹制的蒜蓉虾香气四溢。