耕 — kanji meaning “till”
耕
till, plow, cultivate
- Meanings
- till, plow, cultivate
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- たがや.す
- Name readings
- こお
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1568 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 127
- Chinese reading
- gēng — Chinese character page
Words with 耕
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 農耕 | のうこう noukou | farming; agriculture; cultivation |
| 耕作 | こうさく kousaku | cultivation; farming |
| 耕す | たがやす tagayasu | to till; to plow; to plough |
| 耕地 | こうち kouchi | arable land; plantation; farmland |
| 休耕 | きゅうこう kyuukou | lying fallow; leaving a field uncultivated |
| 耕耘 | こううん kouun | plowing and weeding; farming; cultivation |
| 晴耕雨読 | せいこううどく seikouudoku | working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits |
| 筆耕 | ひっこう hikkou | making a living copying or writing |
| 深耕 | しんこう shinkou | deep plowing; deep ploughing |
| 中耕 | ちゅうこう chuukou | intertillage |
| 水耕 | すいこう suikou | hydroponics |
| 馬耕 | ばこう bakou | tilling with horses |
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