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The character "稿", whose traditional form is also "稿" though it historically appeared as "稾" or "槀", is structurally composed of the semantic component "禾" (grain plant) and the phonetic component "高" (tall). This construction points directly to its original meaning, which referred to the dry stalks of grain plants left after harvest. Over time, this concrete meaning extended metaphorically to similar materials, such as straw for thatching or rough bedding. The most significant semantic shift occurred when this sense of rough, preliminary material was applied to the realm of writing, where "稿" came to denote a first draft or manuscript, essentially the raw, unpolished precursor to a finished text, mirroring the raw agricultural stalk from which it derived. This conceptual link between a physical base material and an intellectual groundwork solidified the character's primary modern meaning related to documents and preliminary texts.
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我正在写稿子。
他的稿件很整齐。
请把草稿给我看看。
我打算投稿给杂志社。
编辑正在审阅我的稿件。
这篇稿子的内容需要修改。
作家把手稿保存在抽屉里。
这份初稿经过多次润色才定稿。