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The character "砾", meaning gravel or small stones, originates from its traditional form "礫", a semantic-phonetic compound where the radical "石" denotes the category of stone and the component "樂" primarily provides phonetic indication. In the simplified form, the phonetic element is abbreviated to "乐", while the stone radical remains unchanged, thus retaining the character's association with rocky debris. Over time, the meaning has consistently referred to small, fragmented stones, and the structural shift from "礫" to "砾" represents a streamlining of the phonetic part without a change in this core definition.
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这条路铺满了沙砾。
孩子们喜欢在砾石滩上玩耍。
河床里布满了大大小小的砾石。
工人们用砾石铺设路基。
地质学家仔细研究这些冰川砾岩。
车轮碾过，溅起一片细碎的砾石。
他的论证像沙砾一样，松散而缺乏凝聚力。
岁月如流水，将尖锐的伤痛磨成了圆润的砾石。