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The character 磙 (gǔn) is a phono-semantic compound combining the semantic component 石 'stone' on the left, indicating the material, and the phonetic component 衮 (gǔn) on the right, which supplies the pronunciation. It refers to a heavy cylindrical stone roller, a traditional agricultural tool used to level and compact soil in fields before planting or to crush grain on a threshing floor. Because its use relies on rolling, the character is closely linked to that action, functioning as the noun that corresponds to the verb 'to roll'.
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