lí
plow
To use an ox 牛 to harvest 刂 grain 禾; 利 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 犁
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
plow | ||
the Ili river basin around Turpan in Xinjiang | ||
plowshare | ||
to plow | ||
Sun Li (1913-2002), novelist |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[r]ˤ[i]j | lej | lí | plow |
*[r][i]j | lij | lí | plow (n., v.) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3176th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+7281 |
Sources
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