# 耒

| 耒 | U+8012, &#32786; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8012 |
| ← 耑 [U+8011] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 耓 → [U+8013] |
| ⽾ | U+2F7E, &#12158; KANGXI RADICAL PLOW |
| ← ⽽ [U+2F7D] | Kangxi Radicals | ⽿ → [U+2F7F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

耒 (Kangxi radical 127, 耒+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 手木 (QD), four-corner 5090$_0$, composition ⿻一未(GV) or ⿻丿未(HTJK) or ⿻丰𠆢)
* Kangxi radical #127, ⽾.

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/耒
* 㑍, 洡, 䋘, 誄(诔), 銇, 䣂, 㼍, 頛(𬱜), 䒹, 筙
* 𠱤, 𡋃, 𡥤, 𭛧, 𢙩, 𢬗, 𤞖, 𬁻, 𣑳, 𤈞, 𫀇, 𥅦, 𥑶, 𥹯, 𧋆, 𨀤, 𫙛
* 𪵛, 𩳆, 𬦗, 𬩧, 𠓩, 𠛨, 𣢹, 𦫎, 𠬽, 𭫘

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 962, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28898
* Dae Jaweon: page 1410, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2770, character 1
* Unihan data for U+8012

## Chinese
### Glyph origin 1

Historical forms of the character 耒 :
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 頛 | *ruːlʔ |
| 郲 | *rɯː, *ruːlʔ, *ruːlʔ |
| 耒 | *ruːls, *rulʔ |
| 銇 | *ruːls |
| 洡 | *ruːls |
| 誄 | *rulʔ |
Pictogram (象形) – a wooden bifurcated plow with originally three cross lines (彡 and 丯) for the furrows of the plow, later simplified to two. This character is sometimes known as "harrow", which is slightly different from a plow.

#### Etymology
##### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lěi (lei$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi$^6$ / loi$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lói
* Eastern Min (BUC): lô̤i
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lue$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lúi / lūi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lěi
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lěi
*** Wade–Giles: lei$^3$
*** Yale: lěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leei
*** Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /leɪ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: leoi$^6$ / loi$^6$
*** Yale: leuih / loih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loey$^6$ / loi$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lêu$^6$ / loi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɵy̯²²/, /lɔːi̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lói
*** Hakka Romanization System: loi$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: loi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /loi̯³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lô̤i
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃ɔy²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: lue$^5$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lōi
*** Sinological IPA : /luei²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lúi / lūi
*** Tâi-lô: luí / luī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: luie, lui
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lui⁵³/, /lui²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lui⁵⁵⁴/, /lui⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui⁵³/, /lui²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lui⁵³/, /lui³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lui⁴¹/, /lui³³/
* Middle Chinese: lwijX, lwojH
Rime :
| Character | 耒 | 耒 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (16) | 灰 (42) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 力軌切 | 盧對切 |
| Baxter | lwijX | lwojH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /liuɪ$^X$/ | /luʌi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lʷi$^X$/ | /luoi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ljuɪ$^X$/ | /luɒi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lwi$^X$/ | /lwəj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /lui$^X$/ | /luᴀi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /lwi$^X$/ | /luɒi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /lwi$^X$/ | /luɑ̆i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lěi | lèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | leoi$^5$ | leoi$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ruːls/, /*rulʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 耒 | 耒 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 7761 | 7764 |
| Phonetic component | 耒 | 耒 |
| Rime group | 微 | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 纇 | 壘 |
| Old Chinese | /*ruːls/ | /*rulʔ/ |

##### Definitions

耒
* handle of plow
* plow

### Glyph origin 2

Simplified from 來 (从 → 二).

#### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 耒 – see 來 (“to come; to arrive; to happen; to occur; etc.”). (This character is the former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified form of 來).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “耒”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 134.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): らい (rai)、るい (rui)
* Kun: すき (suki)

## Korean
### Hanja

耒 • (roe>noe) (hangeul 뢰>뇌, revised roe>noe, McCune–Reischauer roe>noe, Yale loy>noy)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

耒: Hán Nôm readings: lỗi, lồi, doi, lọi, lội, lòi, rồi, ròi, lẫn, rổi, rỗi, rủi
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