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蒔く is an exact match with one form of the following word:
まく
BOOST
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to sow; to plant; to seed
2. to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)  (see also: 蒔絵)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 87,717 which gives a rank of 7,885
まく is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 44,000 (about 10,900,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 3818 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
その
のうみん
農民
はたけ
むぎ
たね
まいた
The farmer sowed his field with wheat.
のうふ
農夫
はたけ
たね
いている

The farmer is scattering seeds over the field.
かぬ
たね
えぬ

Seeds unsown do not grow.
蒔く
BOOST
Reading : まく   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 143,000 (about 617,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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播く
BOOST
Reading : まく   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 221,000 (about 122,000 results)
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まく to sow, to plant   
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ジ   とき time, occasion   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
grass   
ハ   ハン   バン   ま to plant, to sow   
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バン    turn   
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topped rice
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
デン   た rice field   
hand
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