農
農 — Agriculture
agriculture, farmers
On’yomiノウ (nou)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 農
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 農業 | のうぎょう nougyou | agriculture; farming |
| 農家 | のうか nouka | farmer; farming family; farmhouse |
| 農協 | のうきょう noukyou | agricultural cooperative |
| 農村 | のうそん nouson | agricultural community; farm village; rural |
| 農民 | のうみん noumin | farmer; peasant |
| 農薬 | のうやく nouyaku | agricultural chemical; agrochemical; agrichemical |
Study notes
農 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 3), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #385 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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