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The character 耧 is a phono-semantic compound. Its semantic radical 耒 (lěi), depicting a wooden plow, places it within the category of agricultural tools. The phonetic component 娄 on the right provides the pronunciation "lóu", while the traditional form 耬 uses the unsimplified phonetic 婁. 耧 specifically denotes an animal-drawn seed drill, an implement invented during the Han dynasty to automate sowing seeds into furrows. Its structure directly reflects its function in farming, and it retains this specific meaning in both historical records and modern agricultural terminology.