Chinese symbol for “agriculture”
农业
nóng yè
Traditional: 農業
agriculture; farming
The closest CC-CEDICT match for agriculture is 农业 (nóng yè), defined as: agriculture; farming.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “agriculture”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 农 (農) | nóng | (bound form) agriculture |
| 农耕 (農耕) | nóng gēng | farming; agriculture |
| 本业 (本業) | běn yè | business in which a company has traditionally engaged (e.g. before diversifying); original business |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 农业.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 农民 (農民) | nóng mín | peasant; farmer |
| 农村 (農村) | nóng cūn | rural area; village |
| 农场 (農場) | nóng chǎng | farm |
| 农产品 (農產品) | nóng chǎn pǐn | agricultural produce |
| 农药 (農藥) | nóng yào | agricultural chemical; farm chemical |
| 企业 (企業) | qǐ yè | company; firm; enterprise; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 专业 (專業) | zhuān yè | specialty; specialized field |
| 工业 (工業) | gōng yè | industry |
See also: Japanese symbol for “agriculture”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.