plow

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from an oracle-bone pictograph depicting a plow, an ancient farming tool with a flat blade used to turn the soil. The strokes reflect the basic structure of a traditional plow.

Mnemonic: Remember the shape of a plow—the strokes arranged like a farming tool for tilling the soil.

• 耒lěi🔊

  plow

  6 strokes

• 耔zǐ🔊

  hoe up soil around plants

  9 strokes

• 耙bà🔊

  a hoe

  10 strokes

• 耗hào🔊

  to waste

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 耕gēng🔊

  variant of 耕[geng1]

  10 strokes

• 耖chào🔊

  harrow-like implement for pulverizing clods of soil

  10 strokes

• 耘yún🔊

  to weed

  10 strokes

• 耞jiā🔊

  flail (for threshing grain)

  11 strokes

• 耜sì🔊

  plow

  11 strokes

• 耝qù🔊

  to plow

  11 strokes

• 耠huō🔊

  a hoe

  12 strokes

• 耡chú🔊

  hoe

  13 strokes

• 耢lào🔊

  a kind of farm tool (in the form of a rectangular frame) used to level the ground

  13 strokes

• 耤jí🔊

  plow

  14 strokes

• 耦ǒu🔊

  a pair

  15 strokes

• 耧lóu🔊

  drill for sowing grain

  15 strokes

• 耨nòu🔊

  hoe

  16 strokes

• 耩jiǎng🔊

  to plow

  16 strokes

• 耪pǎng🔊

  to hoe

  16 strokes

• 耰yōu🔊

  harrow

  21 strokes

• 耱mò🔊

  see 耮|耢[lao4]

  22 strokes

• 耲huái🔊

  (agriculture) to cultivate with a harrow

  22 strokes