耒 Stroke Order

耒 [lěi] 1. Refers to ancient agricultural tools used for plowing the land. 指古代耕地用的农具。 2. In ancient times, it referred to the wooden handle of a plow. 古代称犁上的木把。 本义: Ancient agricultural tool resembling a wooden fork. 本义: 古代的一种农具，形状像木叉。 造字法: Pictographic. An ancient soil-turning tool that resembles a wooden fork with a curved handle and a plow head, used for loosening soil, considered a precursor to the plow. “耒” is one of the radicals in Chinese characters, related to primitive tools or farming. 造字法: 象形。古代的一种翻土农具，形如木叉，上有曲柄，下面是犁头，用以松土，可看作犁的前身。“耒”是汉字部首之一，从“耒”的字，与原始农具或耕作有关。 引: 1. "Shuowen Jiezi": 耒, refers to hand-tilled curved wood. 《说文》：耒，手耕曲木也。 2. "Liji: Yue Ling": The Son of Heaven personally drives the plow and hoe. 《礼记·月令》：天子亲载耒耜。注:“耒耜之上曲也。” 3. "Zhuangzi: Qunqie": Refers to where the hoe injures. 《庄子·胠箧》：耒耨之所刺。李注:“耜柄也，犁也。” 4. "Book of the Later Han: Biography of Emperor Zhang": Refers to the handle and the blade of the hoe. 《后汉书·章帝纪》：耜其柄，耜其刃。 5. "Han Feizi: Five Pests": Refers to someone wielding the plow. 《韩非子·五蠹》：身执耒臿。 例: - For example: 耒耨 (referring to farming implements for plowing and hoeing; signifies plow and hoe). It also refers to the wooden curved handle of the hoe. 例如: 耒耨(耕耘用的农器。指犁锄)。 亦指耜的木曲柄。又如: 耒耜。