农 meaning and stroke order
Agriculture, farming; farmer
How to write 农, stroke by stroke
6 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 农
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (bound form) agriculture
- variant of 農|农[nong2]
How 农 is built
Pictographic character. Simplified form of 農, tilling the field 田 with a hoe 辰.
Radical: 冖 (cover), shared by 14 characters on this site.
How to remember 农
农 is the simplified form of 農, which shows tilling the field 田 with a hoe 辰. Picture the cover 冖 on top as a farmer's hat, with the strokes below as the hoe cutting into the soil.
农 (nóng) is a bound form, so it almost always appears inside words like 农民 (nóngmín, farmer), 农业 (nóngyè, agriculture) and 农村 (nóngcūn, countryside). Example: 他爷爷是农民。(Tā yéye shì nóngmín.) His grandfather is a farmer.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 农 (nóng) with 衣 (yī, clothing) because the lower strokes look similar, but 农 starts with the cover 冖 while 衣 starts with a dot and a horizontal line 亠. Also, do not use 农 alone to mean "farmer". Say 农民 instead.
Common words with 农
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 农民 | nóngmín | peasant; farmer | HSK 3 |
| 农业 | nóngyè | agriculture; farming | HSK 3 |
| 农村 | nóngcūn | rural area; village | HSK 3 |
| 农产品 | nóngchǎnpǐn | agricultural produce | HSK 5 |
| 农场 | nóngchǎng | farm | HSK 7-9 |
| 农作物 | nóngzuòwù | (farm) crops | HSK 7-9 |
| 农历 | nónglì | the traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendar | HSK 7-9 |
| 农民工 | nóngmíngōng | migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) | HSK 7-9 |
| 农夫 | nóngfū | peasant; farmer | |
| 农庄 | nóngzhuāng | farm; ranch | |
| 农田 | nóngtián | farmland; cultivated land | |
| 农舍 | nóngshè | farmhouse | |
| 农药 | nóngyào | agricultural chemical; farm chemical | |
| 农家 | Nóngjiā | peasant family |
农 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Characters that contain 农
Learning 农 makes these easier to recognize and write.
Questions about 农
How many strokes are in 农?
农 is written with 6 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 农 mean?
农 (nóng) means agriculture, farming; farmer. A common word with it is 农民 (nóngmín), meaning "peasant; farmer".
How do you pronounce 农?
农 is pronounced nóng, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 农?
The radical of 农 is 冖, which carries the idea of "cover". Dictionaries list 农 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 农?
The traditional form of 农 is 農 and 辳. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 农 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 农 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 农 is part of the HSK 3 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard, and you are expected to write it by hand from HSK 3.
What does 农历 mean and when is it used?
农历 (nónglì) is the traditional Chinese lunar calendar. It sets the dates of festivals like the Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, so people often say things like 农历新年 (nónglì xīnnián), Lunar New Year.
What is the difference between 农民 and 农民工?
农民 (nóngmín) is a farmer or peasant who works the land. 农民工 (nóngmíngōng) is a migrant worker from a rural area who has moved to a city to find work, often in construction or factories.