農

Glyph origin
In its current form, an. Top unrelated to 曲, and previously two hands, one on either side of a bundle – a farmer bringing goods to market, from the field.

Etymology
Probably. Cognate with, possibly derived from it with the terminative suffix *-ŋ for action with a goal, i.e. "to get a field hoed" > "cultivated"; compare from.

, and  hypothesised that this is the same etymon as. See there for more.

Definitions

 * 1) to cultivate; to farm
 * 2) land cultivation; farming; agriculture
 * 3) farmer; grower
 * 4)  Nun
 * 1)  Nun

Synonyms




Kanji

 * 1) agriculture, farming

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) agriculture, farming
 * 2) a farmer

Usage notes
For the sense, the terms  or  or  may be used more often.

Derived terms

 * : a plantation
 * : a farmer; a farming family
 * : farming
 * : farming
 * : agriculture and commerce
 * : a farm
 * : agricultural land, a farm
 * : a peasant, an agrarian

Etymology
From.