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The character 蒋, traditionally written as 蔣, is a phono-semantic compound. Its semantic component is the grass radical 艹 (cǎo) at the top, which indicates a plant-related meaning, while the phonetic component is 将 (jiāng). The grass radical shows that 蒋 originally referred to a type of aquatic grass, similar to wild rice, that grew in marshes. Like many characters with specific botanical origins, this literal meaning has fallen out of common use. Today, 蒋 functions almost entirely as a proper noun, serving as the name of an ancient state and later becoming a widespread surname.
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蒋阿姨很忙。
蒋老师教英语。
蒋经理在公司。
蒋同学喜欢读书。
蒋医生医术高明。
蒋主席主持会议。
蒋工程师设计大楼。
蒋教授的研究成果显著。