耒

See also: 夫, 禾, 末, 天, 未, and 夭

耒 U+8012, 耒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8012 ← 耑 [U+8011] CJK Unified Ideographs 耓 → [U+8013]

⽾ U+2F7E, ⽾ KANGXI RADICAL PLOW ← ⽽ [U+2F7D] Kangxi Radicals ⽿ → [U+2F7F]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

耒 (Kangxi radical 127, 耒+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 手木 (QD), four-corner 5090₀, composition ⿻一未(GV) or ⿻丿未(HTJK) or ⿻丰𠆢)

1. Kangxi radical #127, ⽾.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/耒
• 㑍, 洡, 𠱤, 𡋃, 𡥤, 𭛧, 𢙩, 𢬗, 𤞖, 𬁻, 𣑳, 𪵛, 𤈞, 𫀇, 𥅦, 𥑶, 𥹯, 䋘, 𧋆, 誄(诔), 𨀤, 銇, 𩳆, 𬦗, 𫙛, 𬩧
• 𠓩, 𠛨, 䣂, 𣢹, 㼍, 𦫎, 頛(𬱜)
• 𠬽, 䒹, 筙, 𭫘

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 962, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28898
• Dae Jaweon: page 1410, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2770, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8012

Chinese

trad.		耒
simp. #		耒

Glyph origin 1

Historical forms of the character 耒
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (耒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
頛	*ruːlʔ
郲	*rɯː, *ruːlʔ, *ruːlʔ
耒	*ruːls, *rulʔ
銇	*ruːls
洡	*ruːls
誄	*rulʔ

Pictogram (象形) – a wooden bifurcated plow with originally three cross lines (彡 and 丯) for the furrows of the plow, later simplified to two. This character is sometimes known as "harrow", which is slightly different from a plow.

Etymology

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěi (lei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁶ / loi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lói
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lúi / lūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěi
    • Wade–Giles: lei³
    • Yale: lěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leei
    • Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leoi⁶ / loi⁶
    • Yale: leuih / loih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁶ / loi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁶ / loi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²²/, /lɔːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lói
    • Hakka Romanization System: loi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: loi³
    • Sinological IPA: /loi̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lúi / lūi
    • Tâi-lô: luí / luī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luie, lui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lui⁵³/, /lui²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lui⁵⁵⁴/, /lui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui⁵³/, /lui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lui⁵³/, /lui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lui⁴¹/, /lui³³/

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• Middle Chinese: lwijX, lwojH

Rime
Character	耒	耒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	力軌切	盧對切
Baxter	lwijX	lwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liuɪX/	/luʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷiX/	/luoiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ljuɪX/	/luɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwiX/	/lwəjH/
Li Rong	/luiX/	/luᴀiH/
Wang Li	/lwiX/	/luɒiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lwiX/	/luɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lěi	lèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi5	leoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ruːls/, /*rulʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	耒	耒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7761	7764
Phonetic component	耒	耒
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	纇	壘
Old Chinese	/*ruːls/	/*rulʔ/

Definitions

耒

1. handle of plow
2. plow

Glyph origin 2

Simplified from 來 (从 → 二).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 耒 – see 來 (“to come; to arrive; to happen; to occur; etc.”). (This character is the former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified form of 來).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

耒

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): らい (rai)、るい (rui)
• Kun: すき (suki)

Korean

Hanja

耒 • (roe>noe) (hangeul 뢰>뇌, revised roe>noe, McCune–Reischauer roe>noe, Yale loy>noy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

耒: Hán Nôm readings: lỗi, lồi, doi, lọi, lội, lòi, rồi, ròi, lẫn, rổi, rỗi, rủi

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