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Japanese symbol for “crops”

Romaji: nousakubutsu
crops; agricultural produce

In Japanese, crops is , read (nousakubutsu).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n crops; agricultural produce

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

agriculture, farmers
on: ノウ
13 strokes · JLPT 2
make, production, prepare
on: サク、サ
kun: つく.る、つく.り、-づく.り
7 strokes · JLPT 3
thing, object, matter
on: ブツ、モツ
kun: もの、もの-
8 strokes · JLPT 3

Other Japanese words for “crops”

WordReadingMeaning
さくもつ sakumotsucrop; crops; (agricultural) produce

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
つくる tsukuruto make; to produce; to manufacture
さくひん sakuhinwork (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production
どうぶつ doubutsuanimal

See also: Chinese symbol for “crops”.

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.