犁

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plow

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

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

Components 利牛

plow · Heisig RSH #2021

利 profit + 牛 cow

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
伊犁哈萨克自治州	Yī lí Hā sà kè Zì zhì zhōu	Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區\|新疆维吾尔自治区[X…
雪犁运动	xuě lí yùn dòng	(sports) skibobbing
中俄伊犁条约	Zhōng É Yī lí Tiáo yuē	Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China…
改订伊犁条约	Gǎi dìng Yī lí Tiáo yuē	Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881 in which Russia agreed to hand back Yili province to Qi…
伊犁河	Yī lí Hé	Ili River in central Asia
伊犁州	Yī lí Zhōu	see 伊犁哈薩克自治州\|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
伊犁盆地	Yī lí pén dì	the Yili basin around Urumqi in Xinjiang
犁头	lí tóu	plowshare; colter; (dialect) plow
犁地	lí dì	to plow
开犁	kāi lí	to start plowing; to plow the first furrow
火犁	huǒ lí	mechanical plow
犁骨	lí gǔ	vomer bone (in the nose, dividing the nostrils)
步犁	bù lí	walking plow
雪犁	xuě lí	snowplow; skibob
伊犁	Yī lí	see 伊犁哈薩克自治州\|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]; see 伊犁河[Yi1 li2 He2]; see 伊犁盆地[…
泥犁	ní lí	(Buddhism) Naraka
尉犁县	Yù lí Xiàn	Yuli, a county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Me…
孙犁	Sūn Lí	Sun Li (1913-2002), novelist
铸剑为犁	zhù jiàn wéi lí	(idiom) to beat swords into plowshares; to turn from war to peace
犁沟	lí gōu	furrow