格
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lattice
🪟 木 wood + 各 each — wooden frame partitioned into each separate square
格 combines 木 (wood) with 各 (each) as the phonetic. The original sense was a wooden frame divided into individual compartments, which broadened to grid, lattice, and standard squares on a page.
格 — wood 木 + 各 (each, phonetic)
格 is a semantic-phonetic compound: 木 (wood) gives the meaning, originally referring to a wooden frame, lattice, or crossbar, while 各 supplies the sound. From 'frame/grid' the meaning extended to 'pattern, standard, style' and the modern senses of 'square (in a grid)' and 'character/disposition'.