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耩 combines the plow radical 耒 with 冓 (hole, pit) to depict digging furrows with a plow, representing sowing with a seed drill. Pronounced jiǎng, its reading descends from the phonetic value of 冓 (gòu) via sound change. This agricultural verb means to plow, sow in rows with an animal-drawn drill, or cultivate, and is largely restricted to rural dialects and traditional agronomy texts, never used metaphorically.
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