耒 - lěi - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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6 strokes
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耒

lěi

Definition

plow
plough
meaning component (farm tools, farm work, plowing...)
radical (Kang Xi 127)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (16)

耗

hào

to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally

to plow; to till

to weed

hoe; to hoe; to weed

a rake

a pair; a mate; a couple; to couple; plowshare

a hoe; to harrow

drill for sowing grain

plow; plowshare

to eulogize the dead; eulogy

to plow; to sow

hoe up soil around plants

to weed

harrow

plow

to plow; (ancient place name)

Related words (1)

耒耜

lěi sì

plow; plough

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