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耦 is a phono-semantic compound pairing the semantic radical 耒 (a plow) with the phonetic component 禺, which supplies the pronunciation. Its original meaning described two people pulling a plow side by side to cultivate a field. From this concrete farming practice, the term came to denote any pair, couple, or mate, marking a semantic shift from a specific physical action to a broader relational concept.
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