How to write 耒

耒 [lěi] 1. Refers to ancient agricultural tools used for plowing the land. 古代指耕地用的农具。 2. In ancient times, it referred to the wooden handle of a plow. 古代称犁上的木把。 【Generated Definitions】: - **Basic Meaning**: An ancient type of agricultural tool that resembles a wooden fork. 【本义】:古代的一种农具，形状像木叉 - **Character Formation**: It is a pictogram representing an ancient soil-turning tool shaped like a wooden fork, with a curved handle and a plow head underneath, used for loosening the soil. It can be seen as a precursor to the plow. "耒" is one of the radicals in Chinese characters and is related to primitive agricultural tools or farming. 【造字法】:象形。古代的一种翻土农具，形如木叉，上有曲柄，下面是犁头，用以松土，可看作犁的前身。“耒”是汉字部首之一，从“耒”的字，与原始农具或耕作有关。 【Citations】 1. From "Shuowen": 耒, refers to the hand-plowing with crooked wood. 《说文》：耒，手耕曲木也。 2. From "Liji, Monthly Order": The emperor personally drives the耒 and 辑 (weapons). Note: "耒 and 辑 are curved." 《礼记·月令》：天子亲载耒耜。 注:“耒耜之上曲也。” 3. From "Zhuangzi": The place where the耒 and hoe strike. Commentary: "The handle of the hoe, and the plow." 《庄子·胠箧》：耒耨之所刺。 李注:“耜柄也，犁也。” 4. From "Book of the Later Han": The handle of the hoe, the blade of the hoe. 《后汉书·章帝纪》：耜其柄，耜其刃。 5. From "Han Feizi, Five Vermin": Holding the耒. 《韩非子·五蠹》：身执耒臿。 【Examples】 - Also refers to farming tools used for plowing. Specifically, refers to the wooden curved handle of a hoe. 又如:耒耨(耕耘用的农器。指犁锄)。亦指耜的木曲柄。又如:耒耜