耕 — Chinese character
耕
gēng
to plow, to cultivate
- Pinyin
- gēng
- Radical
- 127 ⽾ (Plow)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 耒 井
- Formation
- pictophonetic — plow; meaning component 耒; sound component 井
- Japanese
- 耕 as a kanji
Common words with 耕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耕地 | gēng dì | arable land; to plow land |
| 耕作 | gēng zuò | to farm; to cultivate the land; to work in the fields |
| 耕种 (耕種) | gēng zhòng | to till; to cultivate |
| 农耕 (農耕) | nóng gēng | farming; agriculture |
| 耕耘 | gēng yún | plowing and weeding; farm work |
| 深耕 | shēn gēng | deep plowing; thorough penetration |
| 自耕农 (自耕農) | zì gēng nóng | owner peasant; land-holding peasant |
| 春耕 | chūn gēng | to plow a field in the spring |
| 耕田 | gēng tián | to cultivate soil; to till fields |
| 精耕细作 (精耕細作) | jīng gēng xì zuò | intensive farming |
| 可耕地 | kě gēng dì | arable land |
| 退耕还林 (退耕還林) | tuì gēng huán lín | restoring agricultural land to forest |
English words written with 耕
耕 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 30 · Zhuangzi 10
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