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Meaning of

犁 means plow (farm tool for tilling soil); to plow land; to till soil. Pronounced lí.

  • plow (farm tool for tilling soil)
  • to plow land; to till soil
  • surname Li

Character Info

Radical
Strokes12
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Nóng
mín
bo
zhe
zài
tián
gēng
 

The farmer held the plow and tilled the field.

Zhè
tái
tuō
guà
zhe
zhāng
zhǔn
bèi
xià
 

This tractor is fitted with a plow ready to go to the farmland.

dài
de
jié
gòu
xiàn
dài
de
jiǎn
dān
hěn
duō
 

Ancient plows have much simpler structures than modern ones.

shì
shǐ使
yòng
de
běn
dòng
zuò
 

Holding the plow is the basic action of using a plow.

Nóng
jiā
yuàn
bǎi
fàng
zhe
zhāng
jiù
lǎo
de
 

An old plow is placed in the farmyard.