耕
耕 — Till
till, plow, cultivate
On’yomiコウ (kou)
Kun’yomiたがやす (tagayasu)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 耕
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耕作 | こうさく kousaku | cultivation; farming |
| 耕す | たがやす tagayasu | to till; to plow; to plough |
| 農耕 | のうこう noukou | farming; agriculture; cultivation |
| 耕地 | こうち kouchi | arable land; plantation; farmland |
| 休耕 | きゅうこう kyuukou | lying fallow; leaving a field uncultivated |
| 水耕 | すいこう suikou | hydroponics |
Study notes
耕 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 5), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1568 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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