Chinese symbol for “plow”
耕
gēng
to plow; to till
The closest CC-CEDICT match for plow is 耕 (gēng), defined as: to plow; to till.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “plow”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 犁 | lí | plow |
| 犁地 | lí dì | to plow |
| 耒 | lěi | plow |
| 耜 | sì | plow; plowshare |
| 松土 (鬆土) | sōng tǔ | to plow (loosen the soil) |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “plow”.
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.