稿
コウ, わら, したがき

draft, copy, manuscript, straw

JLPT1 G7 S15 F1400

grain/rice + 高# high/tall → tall stalks of millet → straw → *draft*; *manuscript* (raw version of a written work ← raw material ← millet stalks used as thatch or fuel).

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