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耕

gēng

plow

Phonosemantic compound. 耒 represents the meaning and 井 represents the sound. Simplified form of 畊.

Components
耒 meaning component

耒  Meaning component

lěi

  

handle of plow

井 sound component

井  Sound component

jǐng

  

well

Evolution

耕 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
耕 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
耕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
耕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

耕  

gēng

plow, cultivate; to plow; to till

耕 (畊) 

gēng

variant of 耕[gēng]

Most common words with 耕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

耕地

arable land

耕

to plow

耕耘

farm work

耕种

to till

耕作

farming

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kˤ<r>eŋ

keang

gēng

plow (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.2013% of movies

3207th most common character in movies

1850th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+8015

Shuowen

“耕，犂也。从耒，井聲。一曰古者井田。”


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