Character: 農
Modern (Beijing) reading: nóng
Preclassic Old Chinese: nūŋ
Classic Old Chinese: nūŋ
Western Han Chinese: nǝ̄uŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: nǝ̄uŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: nǝ̄uŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: nǝ̄uŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: nōŋ
Middle Chinese: noŋ
English meaning : agriculture; peasant, farmer; to cultivate
Russian meaning[s]: 1) земледелие; сельское хозяйство; 2) земледелец, крестьянин; 3) Нун (фамилия)
Comments: Also used for a homonymous *nūŋ 'be vigorous, energetic'. For *n- cf. Xiamen nɔŋ2, Chaozhou loŋ2, Fuzhou noŋ2, Jianou noŋ9.
Radical: 161
Four-angle index: 5644
Karlgren code: 1005 a-f
Shijing occurrences: 57.3
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