秧

Han character

 * 1) rice seedlings, young rice plants

Glyph origin
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Etymology
Attested relatively late, in the Tang dynasty.

propose a origin, but  argues that the direction of borrowing should be the other way around. He instead proposes an internal Chinese origin, suggesting that it is a cognate of without a -r- infix.

Relationship with 🇨🇬 items is unclear, due to mismatching initials: 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) rice seedling
 * 2) sprout; shoot; seedling
 * 3) vine; stalk
 * 4) young animal; -ling
 * 5)  to transplant rice seedlings
 * 6)  to grow; to cultivate; to raise

Compounds

 * : rail; water rail