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耖 is a phono-semantic compound: the plow radical 耒 marks it as an agricultural tool, and 少 provides the pronunciation. The character denotes a harrow, a farming implement dragged over plowed land to break up clods, remove weeds, and smooth the surface for planting, and also serves as a verb meaning to harrow. Its use has remained strictly agricultural, without abstract semantic extensions.
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