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Kotomora

耕

till, plow, cultivate

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · grade 5FrequencyTop 2,000Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • コウ

Kun'yomi

  • たがや.す

Nanori

  • こお

Meaning

耕 centers on working the soil to grow crops: tilling, plowing, and cultivating the land.

Most common words using 耕

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  • 耕作こうさく
    N1

    cultivation; farming

  • 農耕のうこう
    N1

    farming; agriculture; cultivation

  • 耕すたがやす
    N2

    to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate

  • 耕地こうち
    N2

    arable land; plantation; farmland

  • 耕耘機こううんき

    cultivator; tiller

  • 休耕きゅうこう

    lying fallow; leaving a field uncultivated

  • 水耕すいこう

    hydroponics

  • 不耕作地ふこうさくち

    nonfarming land; untilled land

  • 不耕起栽培ふこうきさいばい

    no-till farming

  • 中耕ちゅうこう

    intertillage

  • 中耕機ちゅうこうき

    cultivator

  • 休耕地きゅうこうち

    fallow soil; idle field; set-aside; idled plot

  • 動力耕耘機どうりょくこううんき

    power cultivator

  • 春耕しゅんこう

    spring plowing

  • 晴耕雨読せいこううどく

    working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits

  • 未耕地みこうち

    uncultivated land

  • 水耕栽培すいこうさいばい

    hydroponics; aquaculture; water culture; tank farming

  • 水耕法すいこうほう

    hydroponics

  • 水耕農園すいこうのうえん

    hydroponic plantation

  • 深耕しんこう

    deep plowing; deep ploughing

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Study

Etymology

耕 combines 耒 (a plow-like farming tool) with 井, which likely contributes the sound and may suggest orderly fields like a well-grid.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side 耒 is a plow, and the right side 井 looks like a grid of fields. Picture a plow moving through the grid, tilling and cultivating the soil.

Reading mnemonic

For コウ, imagine a farmer plowing a field while a cow watches nearby: cow -> コウ, and the plow turns the earth.