耕
to plow; to till
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Dict coverage rank #1,832 U+8015
How 耕 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
耒 (semantic, “plow”) + 井 (phonetic, jǐng)
How to remember it
till · Heisig RSH #2850
Christmas tree + 井 well
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 井
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 井 (jǐng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 井 sound component | jǐng | well, mine shaft, pit |
| 进 | jìn | to advance, to make progress; to come in, to enter |
| 讲 | jiǎng | talk, speech, lecture; to speak, to explain |
| 肼 | jǐng | hydrazine |
Words containing 耕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耕者有其田 | gèng zhě yǒu qí tián | "land to the tiller", post-Liberation land reform movement instigated by the CCP |
| 水耕法 | shuǐ gēng fǎ | hydroponics |
| 精耕细作 | jīng gēng xì zuò | intensive farming |
| 可耕地 | kě gēng dì | arable land |
| 半自耕农 | bàn zì gēng nóng | semi-tenant peasant; semi-owner peasant |
| 深耕细作 | shēn gēng xì zuò | deep plowing and careful cultivation |
| 刀耕火种 | dāo gēng huǒ zhòng | slash and burn (agriculture) |
| 自耕农 | zì gēng nóng | owner peasant; land-holding peasant |
| 一分耕耘，一分收获 | yī fēn gēng yún , yī fēn shōu huò | (saying) you reap what you sow |
| 退耕还林 | tuì gēng huán lín | restoring agricultural land to forest |
| 耕地 | gēng dì | arable land; to plow land |
| 耕作 | gēng zuò | to farm; to cultivate the land; to work in the fields |
| 春耕 | chūn gēng | to plow a field in the spring |
| 深耕 | shēn gēng | deep plowing; thorough penetration; thorough development (of a market segment etc) |
| 耕田 | gēng tián | to cultivate soil; to till fields |
| 笔耕 | bǐ gēng | to make a living by writing; to write (as an author) |
| 耕种 | gēng zhòng | to till; to cultivate |
| 农耕 | nóng gēng | farming; agriculture |
| 秋耕 | qiū gēng | autumn plowing |
| 备耕 | bèi gēng | to make preparations for plowing and sowing |