犁

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 犁. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 犁, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 犁 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 犁 you have here. The definition of the word 犁 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of犁, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: 犂
犁 U+7281, 犁
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7281
← 犀
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 犂 →

Translingual

Han character

犁 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓竹手 (HNHQ), four-corner 22500, composition ⿱利牛)

  1. plough

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 701, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20037
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1114, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1811, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+7281

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 犁
2nd round simp. 牞
alternative forms 犂
Wikipedia has articles on:
  • 犁 (Southern Min)
  • 犁 (Wu)
  • 犁 (Cantonese)
  • 犁 (Written Standard Chinese?)

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 犁
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (利) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
犁 *riːl, *ril
黎 *riːl
莉 *riːl, *r'il, *r'i
黧 *riːl
鯬 *riːl, *ril
筣 *riːl, *ri
蔾 *riːl, *ril
藜 *riːl
邌 *riːl
瓈 *riːl
鵹 *rel
棃 *ril
梨 *ril
蟍 *ril
蜊 *ril
鑗 *ril
利 *rids
痢 *rids
浰 *riːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *riːl, *ril) : phonetic 利 (OC *rids) + semantic 牛 (“cow”)

Pronunciation

Note:
  • Xiamen, Quanzhou:
    • lê - literary;
    • lôe - vernacular.
Rime
Character 犁
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 郎奚切
Baxter lej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/lei/
Pan
Wuyun 		/lei/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lɛj/
Li
Rong 		/lei/
Wang
Li 		/liei/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/liei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lai4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 犁 犁
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		lí lí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ lej › ‹ lij ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁj/ /*j/
English plow plow (n., v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 犁 犁
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 7879 7894
Phonetic
component 		利 利
Rime
group 		脂 脂
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		黎 棃
Old
Chinese 		/*riːl/ /*ril/

Definitions

犁

  1. plough
  2. to plough
  3. (literary) to destroy
  4. a surname: Li

Synonyms

  • (to plough):

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

犁

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

  • On (unclassified): り (ri)、れい (rei)
  • Kun: すき (suki)

Korean

Hanja

犁 • (ri>i) (hangeul 리>이, revised ri>i, McCune–Reischauer ri>i, Yale li>i)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

犁: Hán Nôm readings: lê

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia