耕
till, plow, cultivate
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
20 of 42- 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
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.