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.

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/
Bernard 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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