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籽 (zǐ) is a phono-semantic compound with the semantic radical 米 (mǐ, rice or grain) on the left and the phonetic component 子 (zǐ, child or small object) on the right, which provides the pronunciation. The grain radical restricts its meaning to the seeds of plants, such as fruits, grains, or crops. This character thus specifies the botanical sense of "seed", distinguishing it from the broader meanings of 子. It is common in agricultural vocabulary, as seen in words like 菜籽 (càizǐ, vegetable seeds) and 棉籽 (miánzǐ, cottonseed), where it denotes the small reproductive units of plants.
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这些是西瓜籽。
农民播种种子。
苹果籽不能吃。
籽油很健康。
向日葵籽可以榨油。
这些籽粒饱满又金黄。
播种前，要挑选好的籽。
这种植物的籽具有很高的营养价值。