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農

简农 · 繁農

Mandarin · pinyin nóng#

(bound form) agriculture

Mandarin · pinyin Nóng#

surname Nong

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農: nóng · agriculture, farming; farmer
农: nóng · agriculture, farming; farmer

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2 · nong2

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nung4

Cantonese word readings for 農. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

to cultivate; to farm
land cultivation; farming; agriculture
farmer; grower
(Catholicism) Nun
a surname

character · Etymology 2

(Hokkien) alternative form of 人 (“man; person; people; human being; Homo sapiens”)

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