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The character 楚 is a phono-semantic compound with the forest radical 林 on top as the semantic component and 疋 at the bottom as the phonetic element. Originally, it referred to a thorny shrub, the chaste tree, found in certain regions. Because its branches were used for corporal punishment, the character gained meanings related to pain or hardship. It also became the name of the State of Chu during the Zhou dynasty and later developed the abstract sense of clarity or neatness, as in the modern word 清楚.
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请你说清楚。
他的话很清楚。
我清楚记得那天。
她喜欢看楚剧。
楚国是古代的国家。
他感到一阵痛楚。
她的眼神很凄楚。
他对这个问题的立场非常清楚。