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耕 = 耒 + 井

耕 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “till”. It is built from 耒 (plow) and 井 (well). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1949.

Keyword
till
RTK frame
1949
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
たがや.す
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
до
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
耕 plow

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 耒 plow
  2. 井 well

How to find 耕 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “plow” + “well”. 耕 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 耕 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.