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耢 refers to a harrow or drag used to level soil after plowing, and also serves as the verb meaning to harrow a field. The left-side radical 耒 is the semantic component, placing it among agricultural implements, while the right side 劳 (labor) provides the pronunciation and suggests the physical effort of farm work. The traditional form 耮 uses the unsimplified 勞. This combination of tool radical and labor phonetic illustrates how agrarian societies coined specialized vocabulary for practical needs, and the character has always remained strictly agricultural, never extending into general usage.
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