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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

耕 gēng
to plow, to cultivate
radical 127 ⽾ · 10 strokes
种 zhòng
race, kind, breed; seed; to plant
radical 115 ⽲ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “till”

WordPinyinMeaning
等děngto wait for; to await; by the time; when; till
耕gēngto plow; to till

Related words

Other words that share a character with 耕种.

WordPinyinMeaning
耕地gēng dìarable land; to plow land
耕作gēng zuòto farm; to cultivate the land; to work in the fields
农耕 (農耕)nóng gēngfarming; agriculture
耕耘gēng yúnplowing and weeding; farm work
深耕shēn gēngdeep plowing; thorough penetration
这种 (這種)zhè zhǒngthis kind of
一种 (一種)yī zhǒngone kind of; one type of
各种 (各種)gè zhǒngevery 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.

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