Chinese symbol for “till”
耕种
gēng zhòng
Traditional: 耕種
to till; to cultivate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for till is 耕种 (gēng zhòng), defined as: to till; to cultivate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “till”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 耕种.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 这种 (這種) | zhè zhǒng | this kind of |
| 一种 (一種) | yī zhǒng | one kind of; one type of |
| 各种 (各種) | gè zhǒng | every kind of; all kinds of; various |
See also: Japanese symbol for “till”.
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.