WEED    除草耨

AGRICULTURAL WORK INTENDING to REMOVE WEEDS.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The most current general ancient word for removing weeds is nòu 耨／鎒, and the word refers specifically to a short-handled iron tool as illustrated, and this tool became common in Warring States times. The handle, like all ancient handles, was short. Probably, it is a further development of the ancient bó 鎛 2. Chú 鋤／鉏／耡 is to remove weeds by hacking the earth with a tool of the illustrated kind with a long handle. 3. Bó 鎛 was an ancient short-handled hoe with a bronze head.
Modern Chinese Criteria
除草 薅草 鋤草 芟除 芟夷 耘田 撓秧 耘 荑 耨 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • WEEDSPLANT BELIEVED to be HARMFUL OR USELESS.
Hypernym
  • AGRICULTURE　WORK IN FIELDS TO REAR USEFUL PLANTS.  (anc: 15/0, child: 4)
  • WORK　Make an EFFORT ENDURINGLY CONFORMING to a PLAN, IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE an AIM, and OFTEN IN ORDER TO be PAID a SALARY. (anc: 14/0, child: 7)
  • EFFORT　DELIBERATE DILIGENT TRY:attempt to SUCCEED in an ACTION. (anc: 13/0, child: 2)

Words (12 items)

耘  yún OC: ɢun MC: ɦi̯un 6 Attributions

    Word relations
  • Assoc: 耕/AGRICULTURE Gēng 耕 refers to any agricultural work involved in the growing of crops of any kind; however, the term also refers specifically to ploughing and thus turning over and loosening the ground for cultivation.

    Syntactic words
  • nabactweeding
  • viactto remove weeds
  • vtoNto weed out, remove (weeds); to hoe
  • vtoNobject=cultivatedto cultivate (something) by weeding
鋤  chú OC: sɡra MC: ɖʐi̯ɤ
耡  chú OC: sɡra MC: ɖʐi̯ɤ
鉏  chú OC: sɡra MC: ɖʐi̯ɤ 6 Attributions

Chú 鋤／鉏／耡 is to remove weeds by hacking the earth with a tool of the illustrated kind with a long handle.

    Syntactic words
  • viactremove weeds
  • vtoNremove (weeds), weed (the ground)
  • vtoNpassivebe weeded, be removed
耨  nòu OC: nooɡs MC: nu
耨  nòu OC: nooɡs MC: nu 5 Attributions

The most current general ancient word for removing weeds is nòu 耨／鎒 , and the word refers specifically to a short-handled iron tool as illustrated, and this tool became common in Warring States times. The handle, like all ancient handles, was short. Probably, it is a further development of the ancient bó 鎛

    Word relations
  • Assoc: 耕/AGRICULTURE Gēng 耕 refers to any agricultural work involved in the growing of crops of any kind; however, the term also refers specifically to ploughing and thus turning over and loosening the ground for cultivation.
  • Oppos: 耕/AGRICULTURE Gēng 耕 refers to any agricultural work involved in the growing of crops of any kind; however, the term also refers specifically to ploughing and thus turning over and loosening the ground for cultivation.

    Syntactic words
  • viactto hoe and thus remove weeds
  • vtoNto hoe and thus remove weeds
  • vtoNfigurative"weed"
芸  yún OC: ɢun MC: ɦi̯un 5 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • viactstart to weed one's field; remove weeds
  • vtoNremove weeds amongCH
  • vtoNpassivebe weeded
草  cǎo OC: tshuuʔ MC: tshɑu 1 Attribution

    Syntactic words
  • nmweeds
萊  lái OC: rɯɯ MC: ləi 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nkind of weed
草芥  cǎo jiè OC: tshuuʔ kreeds MC: tshɑu kɣɛi 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPweeds
  • NPadVlike weeds
耡  chú OC: sɡra MC: ɖʐi̯ɤ 0 Attributions

Chú 鋤／鉏／耡 is to remove weeds by hacking the earth with a tool of the illustrated kind with a long handle.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNjointly weed fields (ZHOULI)
荑  yí OC: li MC: ji 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • viactweed; mow
鉏  chú OC: sɡra MC: ɖʐi̯ɤ 0 Attributions

Chú 鋤／鉏／耡 is to remove weeds by hacking the earth with a tool of the illustrated kind with a long handle.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNremove weeds
鎛  bó OC: paaɡ MC: pɑk 0 Attributions

Bó 鎛 was an ancient short-handled hoe with a bronze head.

    Syntactic words
鎡  zī OC: tsɯ MC: tsɨ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • viacthoe