Meaning & readings
till, plow, cultivate
On’yomi コウ
Kun’yomi たがや.す
Nanori こお
Origin
The left component 耒 is a plow or farming tool, which directly depicts the meaning of cultivation. The right component 井 is a sound hint that suggests the character's pronunciation rather than adding to the meaning. Together, the character combines the visual reference to farming equipment with a phonetic guide, allowing it to represent the action of plowing and tilling soil.
Components
- 耒
- 井
A sound hint component points at the character’s pronunciation, not its meaning — don’t read a meaning into it.
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 10
- Kangxi radical
- 127
- Formation type
- Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint)
- Grade
- Grade 5 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #1568 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+08015