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埂 is a phono-semantic compound combining the semantic radical 土 (tǔ, "earth, soil") with the phonetic component 更 (gēng). It denotes a low earthen bank, a raised path between farm fields, or a small agricultural dike used to manage water flow and mark boundaries in rice paddies and crop fields. The character's structure directly reflects this agricultural meaning, and its core sense of an earthen ridge has remained stable without generating extensive figurative extensions.
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