耕犁
gēng​lí

plow

耕 gēng plow

Phonosemantic compound. 耒 represents the meaning and 井 represents the sound. Simplified form of 畊.

Components

耒
耒 Meaning component
lěi handle of plow
井
井 Sound component
jǐng well

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkɛngkˤ<r>eŋplow (v.)
Zhengzhangkreːŋ
Unicodegɛng

說文解字

犂也。从耒井聲。一曰古者井田。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

犁 lí plow

Components

利
利 Sound component
lì, li benefit
牛
牛 Meaning component
niú cow

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlej[r]ˤ[i]j plow
lij[r][i]j plow (n., v.)

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica