What 耡 means
耡 is a historical variant of 锄/鋤 for a hoe and the act of hoeing.
The Chinese character dictionary Shuowen Jiezi records 耡 in an agrarian levy context tied to communal work. In a passage about taxes or shared farm labor, “hoe” alone misses that institutional meaning.
Dictionaries also record a local administrative meeting place and the verb “to assist.” The written character combines 耒, a farming-related character, and 助, the character for help.
耡 is a historical or literary graph beside the everyday forms 锄 and 鋤.
In a passage about a levy or shared farm labor, don’t reduce 耡 to the tool alone.
Who writes 耡
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 耡 look different on my screen?
Fonts draw Han characters with different designs, and a font without 耡 may show a missing-glyph box. The underlying character is still 耡.
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How to type or find 耡
- Search it as
- 耡 · chú · chu · hoe · tax · 锄 · 鋤 · 鉏
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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