[[Characters]] #Characters \ #Society-and-Culture \ #Politics-and-Military # 农 nóng agriculture, farming ## Components [[冖 (mì)]] [[撇 ((piě))]] [[竖提 ((shù tí))]] [[斜捺 ((xié nà))]] [[左点 ((zuǒ diǎn))]] ## Meaning Today, the character 农 (nóng) is primarily used to refer to: 1. **Agriculture**: 农业 (nóng yè) - Agriculture 2. **Farmers**: 农民 (nóng mín) - Farmers 3. **Farming**: 农耕 (nóng gēng) - Farming 4. **Farmland**: 农田 (nóng tián) - Farmland For example: - 农村 (nóng cūn) - Rural area - 农产品 (nóng chǎn pǐn) - Agricultural products - 农业发展 (nóng yè fā zhǎn) - Agricultural development ## History The character 农 (nóng) is an ideographic compound character that originally meant agriculture. The character depicts a person holding farming tools and working in the fields. In oracle bone script, the character 农 consisted of two "木" radicals representing trees, a "辰" character representing farming tools, and a "hand" shape at the bottom left, symbolizing a person holding farming tools while working in the forest. In bronze script, the "木" radicals evolved into "田". In seal script, "田" was further simplified into "囟". Later, in clerical script, the top part changed to "曲". Today, the character 农 is used broadly to refer to things related to agriculture, such as farmers and farmland. ## Evolution ### Oracular Script ![[农 ora.svg]] ### Bronze Script ？ ### Seal Script ![[农 seal.svg]] ### Clerical Script ![[农 cle.svg]] ### Regular Script ![[农 nóng.svg]]