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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
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