Chinese symbol for “harrow”
耙地
bà dì
to harrow; to break the ground with a hoe
The closest CC-CEDICT match for harrow is 耙地 (bà dì), defined as: to harrow; to break the ground with a hoe.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “harrow”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 耙地.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 钉耙 (釘耙) | dīng pá | rake |
| 耙子 | pá zi | a rake |
| 倒打一耙 | dào dǎ yī pá | lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack; to make bogus accusations (a |
| 九齿钉耙 (九齒釘耙) | jiǔ chǐ dīng pá | The Nine-Toothed Rake (weapon of Zhu Bajie 猪八戒 (Zhū Bā jiè)) |
| 木齿耙 (木齒耙) | mù chǐ pá | a rake (with wooden teeth) |
| 地区 (地區) | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system) |
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 当地 (當地) | dāng dì | local |
See also: Japanese symbol for “harrow”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.