Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

agriculture

Chinese: 农业、农民。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “nong” becomes a different word in each tone. 农 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 农民nóng mínpeasant; farmer
  • 农业nóng yèagriculture; farming
  • 农村nóng cūnrural area; village
  • 农产品nóng chǎn pǐnagricultural produce
  • 农历nóng lìthe traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendar

Example Sentence

农民在田里辛勤地工作。Nóng mín zài tián lǐ xīn qín de gōng zuò.The farmers work hard in the fields.

农民Nóng mínpeasantzàiattiánfieldinside辛勤xīn qínhardworkingde(adverb marker)工作gōng zuòto work

Go deeper

Where this character comes from

Simplified from 農. It means ‘agriculture, farming; a farmer, peasant; relating to farming’ (农业, 农民, 农村).

A way to remember it

‘Farming / a farmer’: 农业 (agriculture), 农民 (farmer).