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莳, the simplified form of 蒔, is a phono-semantic compound combining the grass radical 艹 (cǎo) and the phonetic 时 (shí, from traditional 時). It refers to planting, transplanting, or cultivating seedlings, particularly in rice farming or gardening. The character appears in 莳萝 (shíluó, dill), and in some regional dialects and agricultural terms it describes the manual labor of setting young plants in the soil.
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