JLPT N2 · 13 strokes
Kanji 農: "agriculture, farmers"
The kanji 農 means "agriculture, farmers". It is written with 13 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read ノウ in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ノウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | agriculture, farmers |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 13 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 3 |
| Frequency rank | 385 of 2,501 |
Common words with 農
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 農家farmer; farming family · farmhouse
- 農業agriculture; farming
- 農民farmer; peasant
- 農村agricultural community; farm village · rural
- 農場farm (agriculture)
- 農地agricultural land; farmland
- 農夫(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
- 農作業farmwork
- 農作物crops; agricultural produce
- 農園farm; plantation
- 加農cannon
- 農耕farming; agriculture; cultivation
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