Kanji Detail for 犁 - "plow, till, piebald ox, black"

犁

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
犁 means "plow, till, piebald ox, black."
1. Plow - A farming tool pulled by livestock to till fields.
2. Till - To cultivate; to work the soil.
3. Piebald ox - A spotted bovine.
4. Black - Dark in color.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

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Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

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CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

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Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

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XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

A farming implement. Can break soil and cut grass roots. Its blade is called 耜, made of iron. Attached to a curved wooden handle called 耒. Either pulled by oxen or pushed by human strength. | A cow with mixed markings. (Analects) "The calf of a plow ox." | Calling elderly people 犁老. Seen in (Book of Documents). | 犁然. Firm and certain meaning. As in 犁然有當 (firmly appropriate), meaning conforming to reason. The phrase originates from (Zhuangzi).
Onyomi

rei(れい)

ri(り)
Kunyomi

suki(すき)
Strokes

11 strokes
Radical

牛牜 (ushi・ushihen)
Related Keywords
plow farming tool pulled livestock till fields cultivate work soil piebald spotted bovine black dark