# 農 — farming; agriculture

農 means “farming; agriculture”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 13 strokes. On'yomi: ノウ (nou). It has no common kun'yomi. You'll see it in words such as 農 (nou, “farming; agriculture”).

- Meaning: farming; agriculture
- On'yomi: ノウ (nou)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 13
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Plants & farming 1

## How to remember 農

Parts: 曲 bend · 辰 dragon sign

## Words with 農

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 農 | のう (nou) | farming; agriculture |

## Don't confuse it with

[濃](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/dense/) · [曹](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/sergeant/)

## More in the “Plants & farming 1” set

[果](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/fruit/) · [農](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/farming/) · [葉](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/leaf/) · [種](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/seed/) · [竹](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/bamboo/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/farming/. Last updated 2026-11-01.