Chinese symbol for “hoe”
耙
bà
a hoe; to harrow
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hoe is 耙 (bà), defined as: a hoe; to harrow.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “hoe”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 锄头 (鋤頭) | chú tou | hoe; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 锄 (鋤) | chú | a hoe; to hoe or dig |
| 耨 | nòu | hoe; to hoe |
| 锄草 (鋤草) | chú cǎo | to hoe; to weed |
| 耪 | pǎng | to hoe |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 耙.
| 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 |
| 耙地 | bà dì | to harrow; to break the ground with a hoe |
| 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hoe”.
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.