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The character for fragrance, "香", is structurally composed of elements representing grain and sweetness, originally depicting the pleasing aroma of cooked millet or sacrificial offerings. Its traditional form maintains this composition of "黍" (grain) over "甘" (sweet), a configuration which visually anchored its early meaning in the concrete sensory experience of food and ritual. From this specific origin, the semantic field of the character broadened considerably to encompass all agreeable smells, from incense to flowers, while also acquiring more abstract connotations, such as something being savory, popular, or even睡得香 (sleeping soundly), demonstrating a natural extension from physical aroma to metaphorical desirability.
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这朵花很香。
妈妈做的饭真香。
早上我吃了香肠。
我喜欢吃香蕉。
咖啡的香味很好闻。
这个香皂有柠檬味。
书香能让人静下心来。
桂花香气弥漫在秋夜中。