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)

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: 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 (木) plow with originally three cross lines (彡) for the furrows of the plow, later simplified to two.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lěi (lei³)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁶, loi⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lói
Min Nan (POJ): lúi / lūi

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)⁺
  - Jyutping: leoi⁶, loi⁶
  - Yale: leuih, loih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁶, loi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁶, loi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²²/, /lɔːi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lói
  - Hakka Romanization System: loi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: loi³
  - Sinological IPA: /loi̯³¹/
Min Nan
- (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/

Middle Chinese: /liuɪ^X/, /luʌi^H/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liuɪ^X/	/luʌi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷi^X/	/luoi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ljuɪ^X/	/luɒi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwi^X/	/lwəj^H/
Li Rong	/lui^X/	/luᴀi^H/
Wang Li	/lwi^X/	/luɒi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/lwi^X/	/luɑ̆i^H/
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

handle of plow
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, 耒, 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

(uncommon “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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