Taxonomy of meanings for 農:　　

  • 農 nóng (OC: nuuŋ MC: nuoŋ) 奴冬切 平 廣韻：【田農也説文作䢉耕也亦官名漢書曰治粟内史秦官也景帝更名大司農又姓風俗通云神農之後又羌複姓有蘇農氏奴冬切十二 】
    • AGRICULTURE
      • nabactagriculture; the art of husbandry
      • nadNagricultural, related to agriculture
      • viactact as a peasant should; till the land
      • administrator of>OFFICIAL
        • practitioner of>PEASANT
          • nagentpeasant; agricultural worker, agriculturalist
          • viactact a peasant shouldLZ
        • generalised>WORK
            • temporary>EFFORT
              • vtoNmake an effort with respect to
              • vadVwith laborious efforts, energetically
          • field useful for>SOIL
            • specific activity>SOW
              • specific activity>PLOUGH
                • spirit of>DEITIES
                • =濃
                • SURNAMES

                  Additional information about 農

                  說文解字:

                    Criteria
                  • PEASANT

                    1. The standard word for a peasant is nóng 農, sometimes expanded to nóng fū 農夫.

                  • AGRICULTURE

                    1. The general term for agriculture and agricultural work is nóng 農, and this term refers to the sedentary cultivation of plants as well as the raising of domestic animals.

                    2. Gēng 耕 refers to any agricultural work involved in the growing of crops of any kind; however, the term also refers specifically to ploughing and thus turning over and loosening the ground for cultivation.

                    3. Lí 犁 refers specifically to ploughing the fields with a sharp-edged rather than pointed plough.

                    4. Kěn 墾 refers specifically to the official act of designating new areas for agricultural cultivation and to the following of this policy.

                    5. Tián 田 refers to agricultural work in the fields.

                    6. Pǔ 圃 refers to agricultural work in a garden.

                    Word relations
                  • Epithet: (AGRICULTURE)功/WORK
                  • Epithet: (PEASANT)愚/STUPID The dominant word is yú 愚 (ant. zhì 智 "clever; wise"), and the word refers to intellectual obtuseness as well as practical ineptitude.
                  • Assoc: (AGRICULTURE)耕/AGRICULTURE Gēng 耕 refers to any agricultural work involved in the growing of crops of any kind; however, the term also refers specifically to ploughing and thus turning over and loosening the ground for cultivation.