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糍 refers to a sticky, glutinous rice cake or paste, traditionally pounded and eaten during festive occasions or as a local snack. It is a phono-semantic compound: the 米 radical (rice) indicates the main agricultural ingredient and culinary nature, and the phonetic component 兹 supplies the pronunciation while having no direct semantic relation to food or cooking. The character is a highly specific term that emerged to describe regional glutinous rice preparations, and its meaning stays confined to this food category without any abstract extension.
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