农

農
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#465 most
frequent character
(bound form) agriculture

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

农 is a short form of 農. Older 農 showed two hands gripping a plow, meaning to hoe a field. 田 field came later to stress the field setting. From that came agriculture, and then the person who farms.

Drawn as: hands gripping a plow

农 as a component in other characters

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