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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 耕 U+8015 |  Seal script | 畊 Semantic variant Semantic variant Specialized semantic variant | 簡 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 耒+ 4 strokes = 10 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.187#39 Kangxi: p.962#23 Cihai: p.1080r5c02 GSR: 808.a Hanyu: v4,p2770#10 |
| Composition: | Left: 耒, right: 井. Component of: 𦷂 𮅰 𮋫 |
| Mandarin: | gēng ㄍㄥ |
| Cantonese: | gaang1 gang1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *gɛng |
| Shuowen: | 《耒部》耕：犂也。从耒井声。一曰古者井田。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·下平声·耕·耕》耕：犂也，周书曰神农之时天雨粟神农耕田而种之。古茎切，一。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·耒部·四》耕：〔古文〕畊《唐韵》古茎切《韵会》古庚切《正韵》古衡切，𠀤音更。《说文》犂也。古者井田，故从井。《易·无妄》六二不耕获，不葘畲，则利有攸往。《礼·王制》三年耕，必有一年之食。九年耕，必有三年之食。《山海经》稷之孙曰叔均，是始作牛耕。又《正字通》凡致力不怠，谓之耕。又假它事代食，若力田然，亦曰耕。《扬子·法言》耕道得道，猎德得德，是获飨也。吾不睹参辰之相比也。《拾遗记》贾逵门徒来学，不远千里，献粟盈仓。或云：逵非力耕，所谓舌耕也。《任彦升·荐士表》旣笔耕爲养。《唐书·王勃传》心织而衣，笔耕而食。《宋史·王韶传》家酷贫，执卷不辍。家人诮其不耕。韶曰：我尝目耕。又人名。《史记·仲尼弟子传》司马耕，字子牛。又鬼名。《山海经》东南三百里曰丰山，神耕父处之。《张衡·东京赋》囚耕父于淸冷。《注》耕父，旱鬼。又鸟名。《山海经》西北一百里，曰堇里之山，有鸟焉，其状如鹊，靑身白喙，白目白尾，名曰靑耕，可以御疫。又琴曲名。《张衡·思𤣥赋》嘉曾氏之归耕兮。《注》琴操曰：归耕者，曾子之所作也。 |
| Fanqie: | 古茎 (《广韵·下平声·耕·耕》) |
| Unihan definition: | plow, cultivate |
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| 《论语·卫灵公》: | 耕也，馁在其中矣。 |
| There is plowing - even in that there is sometimes want. | |
| 《孟子·尽心上》: | 百亩之田，匹夫耕之，八口之家足以无饥矣。 |
| The husbandmen cultivated their farms of 100 mu, and thus their families of eight mouths were secured against want. | |
| 《礼记·王制》: | 诸侯之下士视上农夫，禄足以代其耕也。 |
| The officers of the lowest grade in the feudal states had an emolument equal to that of the husbandmen whose fields were of the highest quality; equal to what they would have made by tilling the fields. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 谷口郑子真，不屈其志，而耕乎岩石之下，名震于京师，岂其卿！ |
| Zheng Zizhen of Gukou did not bend his will and farmed at the foot of the mountains, yet his reputation shook the capital. But did he have high-ranking office? | |
| 《墨子·辞过》: | 古之民未知为饮食时，素食而分处，故圣人作诲男耕稼树艺，以为民食。 |
| Before the art of cooking was known, primitive people ate only vegetables and lived in separation. Thereupon the sage taught the men to attend to farming and to plant trees to supply the people with food. | |
| 《庄子·马蹄》: | 彼民有常性，织而衣，耕而食，是谓同德。 |
| The people had their regular and constant nature: they wove and made themselves clothes; they tilled the ground and got food. This was their common faculty. | |
| 《商君书·农战》: | 今一人耕，而百人食之，此其为螟螣蚼蠋亦大矣。 |
| Now, if one man tills and a hundred live on him, it means that they are like a great visitation of caterpillars. | |
| 《史记·五帝本纪》: | 舜耕历山，渔雷泽，陶河滨，作什器于寿丘，就时于负夏。 |
| Ploughed on Li mountain, fished in Thunder lake, made pots on the bank of the river, fashioned various articles at Shouqiu, and went now and then to Fuxia. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 然则赐愿息耕。 |
| 《说苑·修文》: | 春省耕，助不给也。 |
| 《春秋繁露·立元神》: | 秉耒躬耕，采桑亲蚕，垦草殖彀，开辟以足衣食，所以奉地本也。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷一》: | 邵伯暴处远野，庐于树下，百姓大悦，耕桑者倍力以劝，于是岁大稔，民给家足。 |
| 《大戴礼记》: | 是故君子错在高山之上，深泽之污，聚橡栗藜藿而食之，生耕稼以老十室之邑。 |
| 《白虎通德论·礼乐》: | 食力无数，庶人职在耕桑，戮力劳役，饭即食，饱即作，故无数。 |
| 《新书·春秋》: | 夫百姓煦牛而耕，曝背而耘，苦勤而不敢惰者，岂为鸟兽也哉？ |
| 《新序·节士》: | 固立之，弃其室而耕，乃舍之 |
| 《中论·爵禄》: | 稷、契、伯益、伊尹、傅说得之者也，颜渊、闵子骞、冉耕、仲弓不得者也。 |
| 《孔子家语·好生》: | 入其境，则耕者让畔，行者让路 |
| 《潜夫论·赞学》: | 耕也，馁在其中。 |
| 《论衡·逢遇》: | 禹王天下，伯益辅治，伯成子高委位而耕。 |
| 《风俗通义·三皇》: | 始作耒耜，教民耕种，美其衣食，德浓厚若神，故为神农也。 |
| 《孔丛子·陈士义》: | 猗顿、鲁之穷士也，耕则常饥，桑则长寒，闻陶朱公富，往而问术焉。 |
| 《申鉴·政体》: | 帝耕籍田，后桑蚕宫，国无游民，野无荒业，财不虚用，力不妄加，以周民事，是谓养生。 |
| 《新语·至德》: | 是以君子之为治也，块然若无事，寂然若无声，官府若无吏，亭落若无民，闾里不讼于巷，老幼不愁于庭，近者无所议，远者无所听，邮驿无夜行之吏，乡闾无夜名之征，犬不夜吠，乌不夜鸣，老者息于堂，丁壮者耕耘于田，在朝者忠于君，在家者孝于亲。 |
| 《独断·卷上》: | 先农神，先农者盖神农之神，神农作耒耜，教民耕农，至少昊之世，置九农之官如左。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 永安七年，建金根、耕根诸御车，皆一辕，或四马，或六马。 |
| 《列子·汤问》: | 缘水而居，不耕不稼。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 视瞑瞑，立井而饮，耕田而食，不布施，不求德，高下不相倾，长短不相形，风齐于俗可随也，事周于能易为也，矜伪以惑世，轲行以迷众，圣人不以为俗。 |
| 《文始真经·六匕》: | 关尹子曰：“耕夫习牛则犷，猎夫习虎则勇，渔夫习水则沈，战夫习马则健，万物可为我。” |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 田甚芜，农事废，不耕治。 |
| 《韩非子·和氏》: | 官行法则浮萌趋于耕农，而游士危于战陈。 |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 故常欲耕而食天下之人矣，然一身之耕，分诸天下，不能人得一升粟，其不能饱可知也。 |
| 《管子·轻重己》: | 凡在趣耕而不耕，民以不令，不耕之害也。 |
| 《六韬·盈虚》: | 不以役作之故，害民耕绩之时，削心约志，从事乎无为。 |
| 《尉缭子·战威》: | 地所以养民也，城所以守地也，战所以守城也，故务耕者民不饥，务守者地不危，务战者城不围。 |
| 《三略·上略》: | 下下者，务耕桑，不夺其时。 |
| 《九章算术·均输》: | 术曰：置发、耕、耰亩数，令互乘人数，并以为法。 |
| 《淮南子·齐俗训》: | 故神农之法曰：“丈夫丁壮而不耕，天下有受其饥者。” |
| 《吕氏春秋·求人》: | 遂之箕山之下，颍水之阳，耕而食，终身无经天下之色 |
| 《尹文子·大道上》: | 魏田父有耕于野者，得宝玉径尺，弗知其玉也。 |
| 《春秋左传》: | 夏，五月，楚师将去宋，申犀稽首于王之马前，曰，毋畏知死，而不敢废王命，王弃言焉，王不能荅，申叔时仆曰，筑室反耕者，宋必听命，从之，宋人惧，使华元夜入楚师，登子反之床，起之曰，寡君使元以病告，曰，敝邑易子而食，析骸以爨。 |
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