耕 – till, plow, cultivate

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The kanji 耕 means till, plow, cultivate. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たがや.す (tagayasu). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 耒 (no. 127).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	たがや.す	tagayasu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 耒 (Kangxi radical 127). Components: ｜・土・ハ・木・亅・耒・井・ノ.

Words using 耕

耕地こうちarable land耕すたがやすto till耕作こうさくcultivation農耕のうこうfarming

Example sentences

農家の人達は鋤で土を耕す。

Farmers turn up the soil with plows.

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３００年間、彼らは周囲の土地を耕作してきた。

For three hundred years they have farmed the surrounding land.

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Kanji with the same radical

耗

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