Definitions
leek
variant of 韭[jiǔ]
Etymology
Depicts chives growing from the ground.
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The character "韭" is a pictograph whose form was designed to represent the appearance of a leek plant with multiple leaves emerging from a base. Its structure consists of a single graphical unit that does not incorporate separate phonetic or semantic components in its standard writing. Etymologically, the character has consistently denoted the leek or chive plant since its earliest documented use, and its core meaning has not diverged from this agricultural referent throughout the historical written record.
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