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<WL>耒 [lěi] (古) curved wooden handle of a tiller/plow; plowshare; (radical 127, 耒部)@@; (HDZ:) …; 犂/犁
 
<WL>耒 [lěi] (古) curved wooden handle of a tiller/plow; plowshare; (radical 127, 耒部)@@; (HDZ:) …; 犂/犁
 
The Shuōwén Seal form of 耒(􀰤𣐇) lěi ‘curved wooden plow handle’ combines 木(􀻢) ‘wood’, and 丯(􀰢) jiè ‘carve/cut’ (􀰡栔); the plow carves up the land (into parallel furrows).
 
The Shuōwén Seal form of 耒(􀰤𣐇) lěi ‘curved wooden plow handle’ combines 木(􀻢) ‘wood’, and 丯(􀰢) jiè ‘carve/cut’ (􀰡栔); the plow carves up the land (into parallel furrows).
Compare: 枱(􁀈􁀆㭒耜) sì ‘plowshare’ (耒 ‘(curved wooden) handle’, 耜 ‘(metal) share’).
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Compare: 枱(􁀈􁀆㭒耜) sì ‘plowshare’; 耒 ‘(curved wooden) handle’, 耜 ‘(metal) share’.
 
Older graphs associated with 耒 are sometimes connected with 力(􂛸𠠲) lì ‘strength’.
 
Older graphs associated with 耒 are sometimes connected with 力(􂛸𠠲) lì ‘strength’.
 
Compare: 丰(􁃏𡴀􀵪𣍈􀵩豐) fēng ‘abundant’ (丰收, 丰产 ‘bumper crop/harvest’).
 
Compare: 丰(􁃏𡴀􀵪𣍈􀵩豐) fēng ‘abundant’ (丰收, 丰产 ‘bumper crop/harvest’).
“A piece of 木 wood with crosspieces, the teeth of the instrument” —Karlgren(1923).
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“[耒] A piece of 木 wood with crosspieces, the teeth of the instrument” —Karlgren(1923).
 
Compare: 耕 gēng ‘plow’ (the common modern word).
 
Compare: 耕 gēng ‘plow’ (the common modern word).
 
耒 is the 127th of the 214 radicals.
 
耒 is the 127th of the 214 radicals.

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