犁 — Chinese character
犁
lí
to plow
- Pinyin
- lí
- Radical
- 93 ⽜ (Cow)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 利 牛
- Formation
- ideographic — To use an ox 牛 to harvest 刂 grain 禾; 利 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 犁 as a kanji
Common words with 犁
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 犁头 (犁頭) | lí tóu | plowshare; colter |
| 犁地 | lí dì | to plow |
| 犁铧 (犁鏵) | lí huá | plowshare |
| 耕犁 | gēng lí | plow |
| 犁沟 (犁溝) | lí gōu | furrow |
| 爬犁 | pá lí | sledge |
| 雪犁 | xuě lí | snowplow; skibob |
| 铸剑为犁 (鑄劍為犁) | zhù jiàn wéi lí | (idiom) to beat swords into plowshares; to turn from war to peace |
| 多铧犁 (多鏵犁) | duō huá lí | multishare or multifurrow plow |
| 扒犁 | pá lí | variant of 爬犁 (pá lí) |
| 扶犁 | fú lí | to put one's hand to the plow |
| 步犁 | bù lí | walking plow |
English words written with 犁
犁 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Zhuangzi 3
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