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The character "蚤", meaning flea, is structurally composed of the insect radical 虫 combined with the component 叉, a configuration that has remained stable in its traditional form. Its etymology directly links it to the representation of the flea insect, and this core meaning has persisted throughout its use. In classical Chinese, the character was occasionally borrowed phonetically to stand in for "早" meaning early, but such semantic extension did not endure into modern usage.
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这只猫身上有跳蚤。
跳蚤咬了我很多次。
我们需要给宠物除蚤。
他经常被跳蚤困扰。
因为跳蚤，狗一直挠痒。
市场上卖各种除蚤用品。
防止跳蚤滋生要保持清洁。
专家建议定期为宠物进行蚤类防治。