It is an important extension of agriculture from the ancient times because the homi was excavated in the Bronze Age historic site of the Pyeongnam Mangsan Daepyeong-ri and the early Iron Age historic site of Yangpyong, Gyeonggi Province.

In other words, homi is classified into plowshare-shaped (보습형), sickle-shaped (낫형), and triangle-shaped (세모형) depending on the natural conditions of the local area and the characteristics of agricultural management.

Some common names include homaengi (호맹이), homei (호메이), homu (호무), hommi (홈미), homani (호마니), heome (허매), heomi (허미), and huimi (희미).

The name of the tool can also vary depending on its shape, the shingles, the clogs, the shovels, the ear homi, there are gyeongjigi (경지기), makjigi (막지기), gotjigi (곧지기), gwi-homi (귀호미), nal-homi (날호미), pyeong-homi (평호미), dongja-homi (동자호미), bupae-homi (부패호미), byeotsoe-homi (볏쇠호미), susuip-homi (수수잎호미), kkaennip-homi (깻잎호미), yonggang-homi (용강호미), byeorugae (벼루개), gakjaengi (각쟁이), golgaengi (골갱이), and byeokchae (벽채).

Boseup-hyeong homi is often used in paddy farming, and is wrapped with straw or hemp cloth to prevent slipperiness caused by damp soil.

Boseup-hyeong homi, which weighs about 400 g (14 oz), enables a man to weed a rice paddy of 300 pyeong, which is roughly ~1,000 m2 (11,000 sq ft), per day.

This makes it convenient to uproot the grass of a wide field like barley, corn, and wheat.

Its handle is wrapped in Saekki(hangul: 새끼 [ko]=straw rope) to prevent wet hands from slipping.

The homi of Jeju Island called golgaengi (골갱이 [ko]) has a sharp and small blade like hooks.

[9] Homi was a unique tool of Korea, as homi was called "Eastern hoe (東鋤; the "East" referring to Korea)" in the Essays on Rural Life and Economy written by Seo Yugu during the years 1806–1842.

The name of long handle homi which pulls out the weed was changed to gajiip-gwaengi (가지잎괭이) or susuip-gwaengi (수수잎괭이).

It is based on the dure (farmers' cooperative group) community, which was active in farming areas.

In 1984, it won the General Excellence Award at the Gyeonggi Province Folk Art Competition.

Before the dawn, the men gathered in front of the flag and performed Sangsanje, playing the Marching Song.

After neighboring durepae return home, they do jipdori (visiting several houses) and finish the homigeori.

A farmer outside Korea began to introduce digging the soil with homi and removing weeds while gardening.

[16] Gardeners' attention to homi outside Korea is due to the high demand for equipment that can do delicate work in the United States where the landscape culture has developed.

Due to the fact that the scope of digging the land is large, the crops had unwanted scratches and people also used much power.

However, homi can only dig in the ground of the desired part, and has the advantage of being able to cut grass like a knife at a time.

BTS confirmed the wordplay on Twitter: "Seoul Town Road with my Ho-Mi @LilNasX", along with a picture of a homi.