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豇 is a phono-semantic compound created for agricultural and culinary use. Its left radical, 豆 (dòu, "bean"), indicates the semantic category of legumes. The right component, 工 (gōng), provides the phonetic element. This character appears almost exclusively in the compound 豇豆 (jiāngdòu), meaning "cowpea" or "black-eyed pea". It functions solely as a botanical term in farming, cooking, and daily vocabulary, without independent usage or metaphorical extensions.