农 (nóng): (bound form) agriculture
农 (nóng) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) agriculture.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 冖 (structural). It ranks #465 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 农 simplified form of 農, tilling the field 田 with a hoe 辰. Its radical form 冖 (cover) appears in many related characters such as 写 (xiě, to write), 军 (jūn, (bound form) army), 冠 (guàn, hat).
Definitions
- (bound form) agriculture
Etymology & Origin
pictographicSimplified form of 農, tilling the field 田 with a hoe 辰
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 农
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 农民noun | nóng mín | peasant | 5 |
| 农业noun | nóng yè | agriculture | 5 |
| 农村noun | nóng cūn | rural area | 4 |
| 农田noun | nóng tián | farmland | 6 |
| 农产品noun | nóng chǎn pǐn | agricultural produce | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 农场 | nóng chǎng | farm |
| 农夫 | nóng fū | peasant |
| 农庄 | nóng zhuāng | farm |
| 农作物 | nóng zuò wù | (farm) crops |
| 农舍 | nóng shè | farmhouse |
| 农业部 | nóng yè bù | Ministry of Agriculture |
| 加农炮 | jiā nóng pào | (loanword) cannon |
| 农药 | nóng yào | agricultural chemical |
| 农家 | nóng jiā | peasant family |
| 农活 | nóng huó | farm work |
| 大农场 | dà nóng chǎng | ranch |
| 佃农 | diàn nóng | tenant farmer |
| 农奴 | nóng nú | serf |
| 农机 | nóng jī | agricultural machinery |
| 务农 | wù nóng | farming |
农 appears in 100 compound words: 55 as the first character, 31 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 农 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
学习农字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí nóng zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the character "农" requires repeated practice to achieve neat and legible writing.
独家》警破竹苗大麻农场 车行、废弃大楼扣870株新鲜大麻
dú jiā jǐng pò zhú miáo dà má nóng chǎng chē háng , fèi qì dà lóu kòu 8 7 0 zhū xīn xiān dà má
Exclusive" police break the bamboo seedling cannabis farm car dealership and abandoned building deducted 870 fresh cannabis plants
近三年花况最佳!清境农场樱花8成绽放 台14甲变全台最美樱花公...
jìn sān nián huā kuàng zuì jiā ! qīng jìng nóng chǎng 樱 huā 8 chéng zhàn fàng tái 1 4 jiǎ biàn quán tái zuì měi 樱 huā gōng . . .
The best flower condition in the past three years! 80% of the cherry blossoms on Cingjing Farm bloom, Taiwan 14A has become the most beautiful cherry blossom male in Taiwan...
施振荣长期拥台积电!看好台湾农业世界强“超越电子业” 点名1能力最差
shī zhèn róng cháng qī yōng tái jī diàn ! kàn hǎo tái wān nóng yè shì jiè qiáng chāo yuè diàn zǐ yè diǎn míng 1 néng lì zuì chā
Shi Zhenrong has long owned TSMC! Optimistic about Taiwan's agricultural world's strong "surpassing the electronics industry" Roll Call 1 is the worst ability
开工首日开金库 草屯农会发送2088瓶发财水
kāi gōng shǒu rì kāi jīn kù cǎo tún nóng huì fā sòng 2 0 8 8 píng fā cái shuǐ
On the first day of construction, the treasury was opened and the Caotun Farmers Association sent 2,088 bottles of fortune water
荒地变身水耕农场 吉新文英成功种出日本网纹哈密瓜
huāng dì biàn shēn shuǐ gēng nóng chǎng jí xīn wén yīng chéng gōng zhǒng chū rì běn wǎng wén hā mì guā
Wasteland turned into a hydroponic farm Jixin Wenying successfully planted Japanese reticulated cantaloupe
"摆脱它, 当然!" 这个农夫回答。
"bǎituō tā, dāngrán!" zhège nóngfū huídá.
"Get rid of it, of course!" answered the farmer.
农村好像要大规模发展了。
Nóngcūn hǎoxiàng yào dàguīmó fāzhǎn le.
It seems the rural area will be developed on a large scale.
城市居民的死亡率高于农村里的人。
Chéngshì jūmín de sǐwánglǜ gāoyú nóngcūn lǐ de rén.
City dwellers have a higher death rate than country people do.
农夫们在田地里忙碌地耕种。
Nóngfū men zài tiándì lǐ mánglù de gēngzhòng.
Farmers are busy working in the field.
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced nóng
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