Definitions
(noun)
bean; pea
(noun)
sacrificial vessel
Etymology
Pictograph of a stemmed bowl. Based on the original meaning "vessel with a neck". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
About
Originally depicting a ritual food vessel with a distinct stemmed base, the character "豆" has a pictographic etymology that is reflected in its balanced, container-like structure, and its meaning gradually transitioned from denoting the physical vessel to specifying the legumes it often contained, resulting in its modern definition as "bean" through a common linguistic process where the name of a container becomes associated with its typical contents.
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我每天喝豆浆。
妈妈煮了红豆汤。
弟弟不喜欢吃豆腐。
我们把豆子放在锅里。
因为健康，我常吃豆芽。
她用豆沙做了甜点。
这些土豆是从农场买的。
研究表明，大豆富含蛋白质。