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豇 is a phono-semantic compound created for agricultural and culinary use. The radical 豆 (dòu) marks it as a type of bean or legume, while the component 工 (gōng) indicates the pronunciation jiāng. The character occurs almost exclusively in the compound 豇豆 (jiāngdòu), which refers to the cowpea (black-eyed pea), a common crop grown for food. It does not appear independently and has no metaphorical meanings, functioning solely as a precise botanical term in farming texts, recipes, and everyday commerce.
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