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缲, a phono-semantic compound and the simplified counterpart of 繰, is composed of the silk radical 纟 (simplified from 糸) on the left, which signals the semantic field of silk or threads, and the phonetic component 喿 on the right. Its meaning is the specialized agricultural and textile process of extracting or reeling raw silk threads from silkworm cocoons. This character remains narrowly confined to this sericultural context, with no extended or figurative uses.
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