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.

• 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