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The character for hoe, traditionally composed as "鋤" and simplified to "锄", is built from the metal radical "金" or its simplified variant "钅", which indicates the tool's material, combined with the phonetic component "助" that suggests its pronunciation. This construction logically reflects the object itself, a metal-bladed agricultural implement used for breaking up earth and clearing unwanted plants. Over time, the character's application expanded seamlessly from denoting the physical tool to encompassing the action of using it, thus serving equally as a noun for the implement and a verb for the act of hoeing or weeding, a functional shift that did not alter its fundamental agrarian association. The modification from the traditional to the simplified form involved only a graphic streamlining of the metal radical, leaving the phonetic element and the conceptual link between material, function, and name intact across its historical use.
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他拿着一把锄头。
爸爸在花园里锄草。
农民用锄头耕地。
她每天早晨都去锄地。
这把锄头已经用了很多年。
为了除草，他买了新锄头。
虽然锄地很累，但他坚持完成了。
在炎热的阳光下，农民们依然挥舞着锄头辛勤劳作。