yōu

耰

Character · Noun · Verb

ancient harrow; level soil

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Meanings

2 senses · 4 examples
1.

noun

ancient agricultural tool for breaking up soil clods and leveling fields

archaic

An archaic farming implement resembling a harrow or clod-crusher, typically made of wood or iron with teeth or bars.

Gǔ古
dài代
nóng农
fū夫
yòng用
yōu耰
lái来
pò破
suì碎
tǔ土
kuài块
 。

Ancient farmers used the you to break up clods of earth.

Zhè这
zhǒng种
nóng农
jù具
jiào叫
zuò做
yōu耰
 ，
yòng用
lái来
píng平
zhěng整
tián田
dì地
 。

This farming tool is called you, used for leveling the fields.

2.

verb

to cover seeds with soil after sowing; to harrow in seeds

literary

Literary usage referring to the action of using the you tool to cover sown seeds with soil.

Nóng农
fū夫
bō播
zhǒng种
hòu后
 ，
yòng用
yōu耰
fù覆
gài盖
tǔ土
rǎng壤
 。

After sowing, the farmer used the you to cover the soil.

Gǔ古
shū书
jì记
zǎi载
 ，
bō播
ér而
hòu后
yōu耰
 ，
yǐ以
shǐ使
zhǒng种
zi子
rù入
tǔ土
 。

Ancient texts record that after sowing, one yous to make the seeds enter the soil.