犁(lí)

11 strokes

plow

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Character information

Pinyin
lí
Meaning
plow
Strokes
11
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 犁 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱利牛

To use an ox 牛 to harvest 刂 grain 禾; 利 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

利lì牛niú

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 犁 step by step

11 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 犁

Common words using 犁 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

yī伊lí犁

see 伊犁哈萨克自治州; see 伊犁河[Yi1 li2 …

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sūn孙lí犁

Sun Li (1913-2002), novelist

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wèi尉lí犁

Lopnur nahiyisi or Yuli county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, …

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yī伊lí犁zhōu州

see 伊犁哈萨克自治州

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yī伊lí犁hé河

Ili River in central Asia

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zhù铸jiàn剑wéi为lí犁

(idiom) to beat swords into plowshares; to turn from war to peace

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Related characters

From 犁’s common words

伊孙尉州河铸剑为

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