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The character 杜 combines the wood radical 木 on the left, indicating its semantic category of trees and plants, with the earth component 土 on the right, serving as the phonetic element. Originally, it referred specifically to the birchleaf pear, a type of deciduous tree. Through phonetic borrowing, its meaning expanded to denote stopping, restricting, or preventing, and it is also commonly used as a Chinese surname, largely separated from its initial botanical sense.
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杜鹃花很美丽。
杜绝浪费是美德。
杜甫是唐代诗人。
这个故事是杜撰的。
杜康酒在中国很有名。
他杜门不出已经三天了。
杜仲是一种中药材。
为了杜绝事故，公司采取了新措施。