耕す
たがやす · tagayasu · JLPT N2 · verb-godan
to till
🚜 耕 = 耒 (plow handle) + 井 (field grid): plowing the paddy-field grid
耕 — plow 耒 + well 井
耕 is a semantic compound. The left side 耒 depicts an ancient wooden plow, and the right side 井 (a well, also suggesting the grid of a 'well-field' land system) hints at cultivated fields. Together they mean to plow or till the land for farming.