plow

Components
利 sound component

  Sound component

  

benefit

牛 meaning component

  Meaning component

niú

  

cow

Evolution

犁 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
犁 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
犁 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
犁 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
犁 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

plow

Most common words with 犁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

plow

伊犁

the Ili river basin around Turpan in Xinjiang

犁头

plowshare

犁地

to plow

孙犁

Sun Li (1913-2002), novelist