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柴 is a phono-semantic compound, with the wood radical 木 at the bottom anchoring it in the realm of trees, timber, and wooden materials, and 此 on top serving as the phonetic component. 此 originally depicted a person stopping, but here it purely indicates the pronunciation. The character's core meaning has always been firewood, brushwood or twigs gathered for burning. Over time, it also came to describe something lean and stringy, like tough meat or an emaciated person, drawing a comparison to the dry, hard nature of kindling.
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妈妈去市场买了柴火。
我们用柴火点燃了篝火。
这辆卡车使用柴油发动机。
柴米油盐是日常生活所需。
他正在后院用斧子劈柴。
山区许多人家仍然烧柴取暖。
这种柴电混合动力系统很高效。
古老的柴窑烧制出的瓷器别有韵味。
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