耒 lěi, originally a wooden plow, serves as a semantic component to form characters. The characters formed by耒 express things related to farm tools or farm work, e.g. 耕, 耘, 耙, 耗, 耢, 耥, 耜, etc.
See also the component 束
Characters formed by the semantic component 耒
| 笔划 | 汉字 | 拼音 | 笔划 | 汉字 | 拼音 |
| 6 | 耒 | lěi | 8 | 耓 | tīng |
| 9 | 耔 | zǐ | 10 | 耙 | bà,pá |
| 10 | 耖 | chào | 10 | 耕 | gēng |
| 10 | 耗 | hào | 10 | 耘 | yún |
| 10 | 耟 | jù | 11 | 耞 | jiā |
| 11 | 耜 | sì | 11 | 耛 | sì |
| 11 | 耝 | qù | 11 | 耚 | pī |
| 12 | 耠 | huō | 13 | 耢 | lào |
| 13 | 耡 | chú | 14 | 耥 | tǎng |
| 14 | 耤 | jí | 14 | 耣 | lún |
| 15 | 耧 | lóu | 15 | 耦 | ǒu |
| 16 | 耩 | jiǎng | 16 | 耨 | nòu |
| 16 | 耪 | pǎng | 17 | 耬 | lóu |
| 17 | 耫 | zhá | 18 | 耮 | lào |
| 18 | 耭 | jī | 19 | 耯 | huò |
| 21 | 耰 | yōu | 22 | 耲 | huái |
| 22 | 耱 | mò | 16 | | bà,pá |
| 21 | | bà |