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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
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
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Old Chinese
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硎
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*kʰreːŋ, *ɡeːŋ
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耕
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*kreːŋ
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荊
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*keŋ
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井
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*skeŋʔ
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丼
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*kl'oːmʔ, *skeŋʔ
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妌
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*sɡeŋʔ
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穽
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*sɡeŋʔ, *sɡeŋs
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阱
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*sɡeŋʔ, *sɡeŋs
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汫
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*sɡeːŋʔ
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刑
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*ɡeːŋ
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形
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*ɡeːŋ
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邢
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*ɡeːŋ
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鉶
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*ɡeːŋ
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型
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*ɡeːŋ
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侀
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*ɡeːŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kreːŋ) : semantic 耒 (“tilling tool”) + phonetic 井 (OC *skeŋʔ).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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耕
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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gēng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ kɛng ›
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Old Chinese
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/*kˁ<r>eŋ/
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English
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plow (v.)
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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耕
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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6850
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Phonetic component
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井
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Rime group
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耕
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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耕
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Old Chinese
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/*kreːŋ/
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Definitions
耕
- (literal) to plow; to till
- (figurative) to undertake; to work
- 筆耕/笔耕 ― bǐgēng ― to engage in writing
Synonyms
- 作 (Hokkien, Teochew)
- 犁 (lí)
- 穓 (yì) (literary)
- 耕作 (gēngzuò)
- 耕地 (gēngdì)
- 農耕/农耕 (nónggēng)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Shinjitai
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耕
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Kyūjitai [1]
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耕󠄁 耕+󠄁 ? (Adobe-Japan1)
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耕󠄃 耕+󠄃 ? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
耕
(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
- cultivation land
- to plow; to till
Readings
References
- ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1726 (paper), page 915 (digital)
Korean
Hanja
耕 (eumhun 밭갈 경 (batgal gyeong))
- hanja form? of 경 (“plow, cultivate”)
Vietnamese
Han character
耕: Hán Nôm readings: canh
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