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Japanese symbol for “farmland”

Romaji: nouchi
agricultural land; farmland

In Japanese, farmland is , read (nouchi).

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 agricultural land; farmland

Kanji and stroke order

agriculture, farmers
on: ノウ
13 strokes · JLPT 2
ground, earth
on: チ、ジ
6 strokes · JLPT 3

Other Japanese words for “farmland”

WordReadingMeaning
こうち kouchiarable land; plantation; farmland
はたち hatachifarmland
でんち denchifarmland; rice field or paddy
のうようち nouyouchiagricultural land; farmland
たどころ tadokorofarmland

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
ちいき chiikiarea; region; district
ちきゅう chikyuuEarth; the globe
ちほう chihoudistrict; region; area

See also: Chinese symbol for “farmland”.

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.