漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
耕: till, plow
Also: cultivate
JLPT N210 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
耒 carries the meaning · 井 gives the sound
10 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 耕作こうさくfarming
- 耕地こうちarable land
- 耕運機こううんきfarm tractor
- 農耕のうこうagriculture, farming
- 休耕きゅうこうlying fallow; leaving a field uncultivated
たがやすtagayasu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 耕すたがやすplow [v.t.]
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)耒 tilling tool (meaning) + 井 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 耕 (rev. 93470410), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Plow (耒) + a well/frame (井). To use a "plow" to prepare the field around a "well" for planting—the basic act of farming.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side耕 till · 井
vs耗 decrease · 毛In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · gēng
Same form: 耕 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 耕 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 耕 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin gēng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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