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-<WL>蒜 [suàn] (大蒜 dàsuàn) garlic
+<WL>蒜 [suàn] garlic (Allium sativum); 蒜头 head/bulb of garlic; 蒜瓣 garlic clove; 蒜苗 garlic sprout, 蒜苔 garlic shoot@@; (HDZ:) …
-The top is 艹(草 cǎo) ‘grass’.
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 蒜(􀊫) suàn ‘(spicy) garlic’ combines 艹(草 cǎo) ‘grass/plant’, 祘(􀁙) suàn (phonosemantic).
-	The bottom, a phonetic component composed of 示 (shì) doubled, is an obsolete variant of 算 suàn ‘calculate’ (“Perhaps: to examine 示 prognostics” —Karlgren).
+	Note: 蒜 suàn ‘garlic’ (Allium sativum), includes two major varieties, large- and small-clove: 大蒜 dàsuàn ‘(large-clove, hardneck) garlic’ (A. sativum var. ophioscorodon), said to have been first imported to Ch. from the West (西域) in Western Hàn times; 小蒜 ‘(small-clove, softneck) garlic’ (A. sativum var. sativum), said to be the anc./native Ch. variety; usage of the terms exhibits regional variation, and today 小蒜 may be used for 薤 instead (or not at all).
+	Compare: 薤 xiè ‘Ch. onion/scallion’ (Allium chinense); 韭 jiǔ  ‘Ch. fragrant-flowered garlic/chive’ (Allium ramosum); 葱 cōng ‘green onion, scallion’ (Allium fistulosum).
+	HDZ: 蒜 : suàn : (菜名) 百合科… (蒜瓣, 大蒜, 小蒜, 山蒜 (隔), 蒜苗, 蒜薑, 蒜头)
+	HDC: 葷菜 : 有辛味的蔬菜 (葱、蒜、韭、薤); 鸡、鸭、鱼、肉等食物
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 #c艹示祘
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