The kanji 耕: meaning, readings and stroke order

耕

Meaning: plow, till
On reading: コウ kou
Kun reading: たがや（す） tagayasu
Strokes: 10
Radical: 耒 plow
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cày, xới (canh)
Japanese: はたけのつちをほりかえす。
Korean: 갈다, 일구다 (경)
Chinese: 耕田、耕种

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading · less common

耕こう作さく
farming, growing crops
この土地は 耕こう作さくにむきません。
This land is not good for growing crops.

たがや（す） tagayasu · kun reading

耕たがやす
to plow, to till
春になると田を 耕たがやします。
When spring comes, people plow the rice fields.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.