A farming tool used for tilling soil, weeding, and shaping rows. Common in agricultural contexts.
畑を鍬で耕す。
I till the field with a hoe.
祖母は毎朝、鍬を持って畑に出かける。
Every morning, my grandmother goes out to the field with a hoe.
wooden hoe
farming implement; plow and hoe
harrow; rake
breaking ground; ground-breaking ceremony · New Year's hoe ceremony
Standard kanji for 'hoe'; the only written form.
The kanji 鍬 is a phono-semantic compound: 金 (metal) + 秋 (autumn, phonetic). The reading くわ is native Japanese, and the exact derivation is uncertain.