Kanji
耕
N2
10 strokes
Grade 5
freq #1568
till, plow, cultivate
On'yomi (音読み)
コウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
たがや.す
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
耕作
こうさく
cultivation; farming
農耕
のうこう
farming; agriculture
耕地
こうち
arable land; plantation
休耕
きゅうこう
lying fallow; leaving a field uncultivated
水耕
すいこう
hydroponics
耕田
こうでん
cultivated field (for rice, etc.)
退耕
たいこう
giving up government service and engaging in agriculture
春耕
しゅんこう
spring plowing
耕作放棄
こうさくほうき
abandonment of cultivation
耕作放棄地
こうさくほうきち
fields and rice paddies that have been abandoned and are no longer cultivated
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
耕す
たがやす
to till; to plow
Example sentences
農夫（のうふ）は土地（とち）を耕（たがや）す。
Farmers cultivate the soil.
土地（とち）を耕（たがや）す。
I till the earth.