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耨

nòu

hoe

Phonosemantic compound. 耒 represents the meaning and 辱 represents the sound. Originally written as 辱.

Components
耒 meaning component

耒  Meaning component

lěi

  

handle of plow

辱 sound,iconic component

辱  Sound Iconic component

rǔ

  

humiliate

Depicts a hand (寸) using a farming tool (辰) to remove dirty weeds.

Definitions

耨  

nòu

hoe, rake; weed; hoe; to hoe; to weed

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*nˤok-s

nuwH

nòu

to hoe, to weed


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4899th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Unicode

U+8028


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