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In its traditional form 顆, the character 颗 is a phono-semantic compound. The left component 果 (guǒ), meaning "fruit", provides the phonetic element, while the radical 页 (yè), originally depicting a human head, supplies the semantic category. The head radical initially associated the character with small, round objects, and the "fruit" component reinforced this connection to discrete, rounded natural forms. Over time, 颗 evolved into a specific measure word and noun used exclusively for counting small, granular, spherical, or bead-like items, such as seeds, pearls, teeth, stars, water drops, or grains of sand.
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他吃了一颗糖。
这颗珍珠很漂亮。
妈妈买了几颗草莓。
我丢了一颗纽扣，很着急。
她有一颗善良的心。
这颗钻石的价值超过十万元。
医生建议我每天吃一颗维生素片。
那颗在夜空中最亮的星星，引导着迷失的旅人。