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Physalis alkekengi
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The character 葴 is structured with the grass radical 艹 positioned above the phonetic component 咸, reflecting its initial botanical associations. Early textual sources define it as a specific type of plant, often interpreted as a medicinal herb. Over time, its primary meaning shifted from a general plant designation to being utilized almost exclusively in historical place names and as a surname, marking a reduction in its semantic range to proper nouns.
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