耨

耨 · nòu

hoe, rake; weed

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
nòu
Cantonese
nau6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

hoe, rake; weed

Dictionary definitions & readings

耨 nòu · hoe; to hoe; to weed

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42775.060:nòu Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0840.070:nòu Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
270.050:nòu Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
nòu粵nau6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ドウ ジョク ヌ ドク ノク くさぎる くわ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
누:1N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
nậu Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
奴豆 内沃 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
QDMVI Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5194.3 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0964.130 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
439.01 460.52 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1223f Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8028
Radical
耒 · 127
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6027

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
耨
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 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
nuwH · 奴豆 · 流開一去侯泥 · #3067
Middle Chinese
nowk · 内沃 · 通開一入冬泥 · #3237

PHONO-ML, source line 15923; 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
1081.202
kDaeJaweon
1412.200
kFennIndex
367.04
kGSR
1223f
kHanYu
42775.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
1412.200
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42775.060
kIRGKangXi
0964.130
kKangXi
0964.130
kMatthews
4752
kMeyerWempe
1975a
kMorohashi
28961 28961:E0101
kSBGY
439.01 460.52
kSMSZD2003Index
544.11
kCangjie
QDMVI
kFenn
356G
kFourCornerCode
5194.3
kMojiJoho
MJ020796 MJ020796:E0101 MJ020798:E0102 MJ020797:E0103
kPhonetic
1650
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7171
kIRG_HSource
HB1-BFAE
kIRG_JSource
J0-6655
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-69F2
kIRG_KSource
K1-5C55
kIRG_TSource
T1-7176
kIRG_VSource
V1-635B
kRSUnicode
127.10
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
BFAE
kCCCII
22764F
kCNS1986
1-7176
kCNS1992
1-7176
kEACC
22764F
kGB0
8181
kGB1
8181
kJis0
7053
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5097
kTGH
2013:6027
kTaiwanTelegraph
5097
kXerox
275:107
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6210+127.6.10
kCantonese
nau6
kDefinition
hoe, rake; weed
kFanqie
奴豆 内沃
kHangul
누:1N
kHanyuPinyin
42775.060:nòu
kJapanese
ドウ ジョク ヌ ドク ノク くさぎる くわ
kJapaneseKun
KUWA KUSAGIRU
kJapaneseOn
DOU JOKU NOKU
kKorean
NWU
kMandarin
nòu
kSMSZD2003Readings
nòu粵nau6
kTGHZ2013
270.050:nòu
kTang
nòu
kVietnamese
nậu
kXHC1983
0840.070:nòu
kSemanticVariant
U+9392<kMatthews

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 耨0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right
⿸ Upper-left enclosure

Shape description
耒 beside (辰 wraps around 寸 from the upper left) · the shape used in China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰耒⿸辰寸$(GJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰耒⿸辰寸$(GJKP)

^⿰耒辱$(HTV)

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