耔

耔 · zǐ

to hoe up the earth around plants

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zǐ
Cantonese
zi2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

to hoe up the earth around plants

Dictionary definitions & readings

耔 zǐ · hoe up soil around plants

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42770.090:zǐ Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1533.020:zǐ Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
492.030:zǐ Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zǐ粵zi2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
シ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
자:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
即里 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
QDND Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5794.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0962.200 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
254.04 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0964m Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8014
Radical
耒 · 127
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
3
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6756

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

9 strokes
耔
Strokes
9
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

9 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tsiX · 即里 · 止開三上之精 · #1302

PHONO-ML, source line 9418; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1080.501
kDaeJaweon
1410.200
kGSR
0964m
kHanYu
42770.090
kIRGDaeJaweon
1410.200
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42770.090
kIRGKangXi
0962.200
kKangXi
0962.200
kMatthews
6946
kMeyerWempe
3535f
kMorohashi
28903
kSBGY
254.04
kSMSZD2003Index
543.07 164.14
kCangjie
QDND
kFourCornerCode
5794.7
kMojiJoho
MJ020771
kPhonetic
134
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7168
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D054
kIRG_JSource
J13-7A45
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-69CE
kIRG_KSource
K1-6A79
kIRG_TSource
T2-2C75
kRSUnicode
127.3
kTotalStrokes
9
kBigFive
D054
kCCCII
227637
kCNS1986
2-2C75
kCNS1992
2-2C75
kEACC
227637
kGB0
8172
kGB1
8172
kJIS0213
1,90,37
kJis1
5348
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5086
kTGH
2013:6756
kTaiwanTelegraph
5086
kXerox
271:351
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+15013+39.3.6 C+15013+127.6.3
kCantonese
zi2
kDefinition
to hoe up the earth around plants
kFanqie
即里
kHangul
자:1N
kHanyuPinyin
42770.090:zǐ
kJapanese
シ
kJapaneseKun
TSUCHIKAU
kJapaneseOn
SHI
kKorean
CA
kMandarin
zǐ
kSMSZD2003Readings
zǐ粵zi2
kTGHZ2013
492.030:zǐ
kXHC1983
1533.020:zǐ
kSemanticVariant
U+79C4<kMeyerWempe

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 耔0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
耒 beside 子 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰耒子$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰耒子$(GHTJKP)

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