Onyomi: コウ · Kunyomi: たがや.す · Meanings: cultivate, plow, till
Kanji for cultivate, plow, till
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耕 is formed from the plow character 耒 on the left and the character 井 on the right. 耒 represents a farming tool used for working the land, while 井 represents an ordered, divided space. Together, they show land being worked in an organized way using farming tools. From this structure, 耕 came to mean cultivate, till, or plow a field.
耕 shows working the land with tools, meaning to cultivate or plow.
Think of a farmer using a plow (耒) to work land divided into sections (井). That repeated working of the field to prepare crops is 耕.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 耕す | たがやす | to till, to plow, to plough, to cultivate | common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 耕作 | こうさく | cultivation, farming | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 耕地 | こうち | arable land, plantation, farmland | JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 耕地整理 | こうちせいり | redeployment of arable land | Noun |
| 耕土 | こうど | arable soil | Noun |
| 耕種 | こうしゅ | tilling and sowing | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 耕作者 | こうさくしゃ | cultivator | Noun |
| 耕耘機 | こううんき | cultivator, tiller | Noun |
| 耕作地 | こうさくち | cultivated land | Noun |
| 耕具 | こうぐ | farm tools, farm implements | Noun |
| 耕作物 | こうさくぶつ | farm produce | Noun |
| 耕耘 | こううん | plowing and weeding, farming, cultivation, tillage | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 耕作放棄 | こうさくほうき | abandonment of cultivation | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.) |
| 耕作放棄地 | こうさくほうきち | fields and rice paddies that have been abandoned and are no longer cultivated | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.) |
| 耕田 | こうでん | cultivated field (for rice, etc.) | Noun |