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畊

gēng
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to plow; to till (a variant of 耕)

Examples

HSK 7-9
农夫畊田播种。
Nóngfū gēng tián bōzhǒng.
The farmer plowed the field and sowed the seeds.
HSK 7-9
这是古写法，同耕田的耕。
Zhè shì gǔ xiěfǎ, tóng gēngtián de gēng.
This is an old written form, the same as 'to plow' in 耕田.

Tips

usage
畊 is an old variant of 耕 (to plow). Modern Chinese uses 耕 in all normal contexts; 畊 survives mainly in classical texts and some personal names.

Components

radical
田 tián
field
The field radical on the left, the meaning carrier. Plowing is done in fields, so this picture of a partitioned plot gives the core sense.
phonetic
井 jǐng
well; field-grid
On the right, supplying the sound. Read 井 on its own; here it shifts to gēng. Its grid shape also evokes the old well-field land system.

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Stroke Order

畊 gēng