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cake
Etymology
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The character "馃", denoting a cake or pastry, is structurally composed of the simplified food radical 饣 and the component 果, which serves as a phonetic element and initially hinted at a fruit connection. Its traditional form "餜" incorporates the full food radical 食 alongside the same component. Etymologically, the character likely originated to describe fruit-filled confections, but its meaning gradually expanded to encompass a variety of fried dough foods, such as youguo, where the fruit association is no longer inherent.