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耒

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

handle of plow

HSK 10

lěi

ライ、ルイ

き、く、すき

뢰

Pictograph of a farming tool used to make furrows in the ground.

Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

耒

Regular

Modern

Chinese

耒 [lěi]

plow

Japanese

耒らいすき同音

noun kanji "plow" or "three-branch tree" radical

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

耒らい

Rai surname

CHINESE WORDS (5)

耒阳 [Lěiyáng] #47,667

Leiyang county level city in Hengyang 衡陽|衡阳[Héngyáng], Hunan

耒阳 [Lěiyáng] #47,667

Leiyang county level city in Hengyang 衡陽|衡阳[Héngyáng], Hunan

耒阳市 [Lěiyángshì] #51,066

Leiyang county level city in Hengyang 衡陽|衡阳[Héngyáng], Hunan

耒阳市 [Lěiyángshì] #51,066

Leiyang county level city in Hengyang 衡陽|衡阳[Héngyáng], Hunan

耒耜 [lěisì] #66,092

JAPANESE WORDS (2)

耒偏 [すきへん]

kanji "plow" or "three-branch tree" radical

耒耜 [らいし]