農 meaning and stroke order
Agriculture, farming; farmer
How to write 農, stroke by stroke
13 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 農
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (bound form) agriculture
How 農 is built
Pictographic character. Tilling the field 田 with a hoe 辰.
Radical: 辰 (early morning), shared by 3 characters on this site.
How to remember 農
Picture a field on top, now drawn as 曲, being worked by a hoe 辰 underneath. The etymology hint says this is tilling the field 田 with a hoe, and that is what farming is.
農 (nóng) is the traditional form. Mainland China writes it 农. It is a bound form, so it appears inside words like 農民 (nóngmín, farmer), 農業 (nóngyè, agriculture) and 農村 (nóngcūn, countryside) rather than standing alone. Example: 他的父母是農民。(Tā de fùmǔ shì nóngmín.) His parents are farmers.
Common mistake: Learners often write the top as 田 or 由 instead of 曲, which has two vertical strokes poking through the top. Also keep the second tone in nóng. Do not confuse it with 浓 (nóng, thick or strong), which sounds the same but has the water radical.
Common words with 農
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 農民 | nóngmín | peasant; farmer | HSK 3 |
| 農業 | nóngyè | agriculture; farming | HSK 3 |
| 農村 | nóngcūn | rural area; village | HSK 3 |
| 農產品 | nóngchǎnpǐn | agricultural produce | HSK 5 |
| 農場 | nóngchǎng | farm | HSK 7-9 |
| 農作物 | nóngzuòwù | (farm) crops | HSK 7-9 |
| 農曆 | nónglì | the traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendar | HSK 7-9 |
| 農民工 | nóngmíngōng | migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) | HSK 7-9 |
| 農夫 | nóngfū | peasant; farmer | |
| 農莊 | nóngzhuāng | farm; ranch | |
| 農田 | nóngtián | farmland; cultivated land | |
| 農舍 | nóngshè | farmhouse | |
| 農藥 | nóngyào | agricultural chemical; farm chemical | |
| 農家 | Nóngjiā | peasant family |
Characters that contain 農
Learning 農 makes these easier to recognize and write.
Questions about 農
How many strokes are in 農?
農 is written with 13 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 農 mean?
農 (nóng) means agriculture, farming; farmer. A common word with it is 农民 (nóngmín), meaning "peasant; farmer".
How do you pronounce 農?
農 is pronounced nóng, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 農?
The radical of 農 is 辰, which carries the idea of "early morning". Dictionaries list 農 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 農?
農 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 农, used in mainland China and Singapore.
What does 農曆 (nónglì) mean and when is it used?
農曆 is the traditional Chinese lunar calendar. Festivals like Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival follow it, and people often say 農曆新年 for Chinese New Year.
What is a 農民工 (nóngmíngōng)?
It means a migrant worker who has moved from a rural area to a city to find work. The word is very common in news and discussions about China's economy.