The kanji 耕 primarily means "to plow," "to cultivate," or "to till" land, specifically for agricultural purposes. It represents the act of working the soil to prepare it for planting and growing crops. This includes actions such as turning over the soil, removing weeds, and generally preparing the land for cultivation. The essence lies in the active process of preparing the earth to yield a harvest.

・On-yomi (音読み): コウ (kō) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): たが-やす (taga-yasu)

⚫︎耕地 (こうち) Translation: cultivated land; farmland ⚫︎耕作 (こうさく) Translation: farming; cultivation; tillage ⚫︎耕運機 (こううんき) Translation: cultivator; tiller

If the user's native language is Vietnamese: The kanji 耕 (耕) has a strong correspondence to Vietnamese. Approximately 70% of Vietnamese vocabulary originates from Sino-Vietnamese (Hán-Việt) which shares the same origin with the Kanji. The Vietnamese word derived from Sino-Vietnamese that corresponds to 耕 is canh. For instance, canh tác (耕作) in Vietnamese corresponds to 耕作 (こうさく) in Japanese.

The kanji 耕 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, keisei moji). It combines the semantic component 耒 (rai), which depicts a plow (a tool used for tilling the soil), with the phonetic component 井 (sei/shō), which provides the sound element. The combination illustrates the process of using a plow to cultivate the land. The character developed over time from earlier forms depicting the plow in the field.