耕

Translingual

Han character

耕 (Kangxi radical 127, 耒+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手木廿廿 (QDTT), four-corner 5590₀, composition ⿰耒井)

Derived characters

• 𦷂, 𮋫, 𮅰

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 962, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28907
• Dae Jaweon: page 1410, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2770, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8015

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 耕
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kreːŋ) : semantic 耒 (“tilling tool”) + phonetic 井 (OC *skeŋʔ).

Pronunciation

Definitions

耕

1. (literal) to plow; to till
2. (figurative) to undertake; to work

   筆耕／笔耕  ―  bǐgēng  ―  to engage in writing

Synonyms

• (to plow):

Compounds

References

• “耕”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	耕
Kyūjitai	耕󠄁 耕+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	耕󠄃 耕+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. cultivation land
2. to plow; to till

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: たがやす (tagayasu, 耕す, Jōyō)
• Nanori: おさむ (osamu); たがやす (tagayasu); つとむ (tsutomu); やす (yasu)

References

Korean

Hanja

耕 (eumhun 밭갈 경 (batgal gyeong))

1. Hanja form^? of 경 (“plow, cultivate”).

Vietnamese

Han character

耕: Hán Nôm readings: canh

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