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Japanese symbol for “agricultural”

Romaji: nouyou
agricultural; for agricultural use

In Japanese, agricultural is , read (nouyou).

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Meanings

  1. adj-no agricultural; for agricultural use

Kanji and stroke order

agriculture, farmers
on: ノウ
13 strokes · JLPT 2
utilize, business, service
on: ヨウ
kun: もち.いる
5 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
のうぎょう nougyouagriculture; farming
のうか noukafarmer; farming family
のうみん nouminfarmer; peasant
のうじょう noujoufarm (agriculture)
のうそん nousonagricultural community; farm village
のうち nouchiagricultural land; farmland
しよう shiyouuse; application; employment
りよう riyouuse; utilization; utilisation

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.