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農

nóng

agriculture, farming

Depicts using a farming tool (辰) in a field (田).

Components
田 iconic component

田  Iconic component

tián

  

field

辰 iconic component

辰  Iconic component

chén

  

early morning

Depicts a farming tool.

Evolution

農 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
農 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
農 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
農 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
農 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

农 (農) 

nóng

agriculture, farming; farmer; peasant; to farm; agriculture; diligent (old); government field official (old)

农 (農) 

Nóng

surname Nong

Most common words with 農
Freq.
Word
Meaning

农场

farm

农民

peasant

农村

rural area

农业

agriculture

农

peasant

Component uses

Sound component in 5 characters (1 verified)

濃 儂 膿 噥 憹

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*nˤ[o]ŋ

nowng

nóng

agriculture; to farm


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 14.3521% of movies

1440th most common character in movies

465th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Simplified

农

Unicode

U+8FB2

Shuowen

“，耕也。从，囟聲。，籀文从林。，古文；辳，亦古文。”


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