Definitions
plow
Etymology
Pictograph of a farming tool used to make furrows in the ground.
About
The character 耒 is a pictograph of an ancient wooden farming implement, resembling a plow or digging stick. As a semantic radical, it forms the basis of many characters related to agriculture, such as 耕 (to plow) and 耙 (rake). Its structure depicts the prongs of the tool. As an independent character, it means the implement itself or a plow handle, anchoring a semantic category for farming and cultivation.
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