Zi:農
農(S农) [nóng] farming/agriculture (農業); farmer (農夫); peasant (農民); (HDZ:) 耕, 耕种; 农事, 农业; 农民; …; (姓)
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 農(䢉) nóng ‘plowing/plowman’ (耕 ‘plowing’, DYC: 耕人 ‘plowman’) is said to combine 䢅 chén ‘Scorpio; spring/dawn’ (plowing), and 𦥓(凶) xiōng ‘breast/heart star, Antares’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 𨑋, 𦦥, 辳.
Note: The phonetic component 𦥓(凶) is debated/disputed in various SW editions; as with 䅶 ‘hoe’, agricultural associations relate to old time-keeping usages of the star/constellation name 辰 chén ‘Scorpio/Antares’; the heart star Antares (心宿) of the Celestial Scorpion rising pre-dawn in the springtime announced the time of the spring plowing; cf. 晨(曟), 䢅.
In the common modern full form 農 the top component 曲 (6 strokes) is an abbrev. of the old component ⿲𠀉囟彐 (13 strokes) in 䢉; in the variant form 𨑇 this same component is abbrev. to 覀, as in 要(𡢗), 䙴(𠨧), 票(𤐫).
Compare: 𦦥, 𦦤, 𣎭; these are old variants of 農, in which 甘/廿/曲 is an old variant of 辰, the curved/segmented scorpion tail/stinger.
Compare: 𨑇; this variant of 農 has 覀 instead of 曲, as in 要(𡢗𦥺) yào ‘want’, 䙴(𠨧) qiān ‘climb’, 票(𤐫) piāo ‘leaping/flying flames/sparks’.
Compare: 曲 qū ‘bamboo/reed tray/basket/frame (used in sericulture)’; 匚(𠥓) fāng ‘square vessel/basket’.
Compare: 囟(𦥓𠚁) xìn ‘fontanelle’; 臼 jiù ‘mortar’.
Compare: 浓/濃(𤅌) nóng ‘dewy, heavy dew’; 𬪩/醲(𨤉) nóng ‘strong liquor’; 襛(𧟒) nóng ‘heavy clothing’; 秾/穠 nóng ‘thick/lush crops’.
Note: “凡農聲字皆訓厚” (DYC), cf. 浓/濃(𤅌).
HDZ: 農 : nóng : (金) 从田辰会意, 辰乃耕器 (cf. 耨); 耕, 耕种; 农事, 农业; 农民; (古) 田官; (简称) 农家; (传说) 神农氏; 浓: 厚, 浓厚; 勉, 勤勉; (姓)
(Explanation from the entry for the simple form 农:) The simple-form character 农 nóng ‘farming/agriculture’ (6 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 農 (13 strokes), replacing the full-form components 曲 (6 strokes) and 辰 (7 strokes), with 冖 (2 strokes) and 𧘇 (4 strokes).
The full-form character 農 (13 strokes) is an abbrev. of older forms such as 䢉 (20 strokes), cf. 農(䢉).
Compare: 衣 yī ‘clothing’ (which also has 6 strokes, but starts with 亠, and ends with 𧘇).
Note: The characters 农/衣 were famously confused by Chinese president 习近平 Xí Jìnpíng in his 2016 keynote speech at the G20 summit, when he misread “通商宽农” as “通商宽衣”; later on 宽衣 ‘undress’ did not pass the censors in news reports.
HDC: 通商 : 互易商货 (互易: 互相调换; 商貨: 货物); 国与国之间进行贸易
HDC: 寬農 : 放宽农政, 顺应农时
HDC: 寬衣 : 脱衣; 肥大的衣服
►references: Karlgren:GSR1005a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:6.3607.3; Mathews:4768; Guǎngyùn:033.21; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1252.24; EDOC:1
►components: 曲辰
►Cantonese: nuhng\
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<comp char='曲' uni='66F2' points='22,0 114,48' />
<comp char='辰' uni='8FB0' points='0,64 128,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='曲' uni='66F2' points='4,0 124,124' radical='X3 Z1'>
<comp char='冂' uni='5182' variant='5' points='0,36 128,128' />
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<stroke type='h' points='0,128 128,128' head='cut' tail='cut' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='冂' uni='5182' variant='5' points='4,4 124,128'>
<stroke type='s' points='0,0 0,128' tail='long' />
<stroke type='hz' points='0,0 128,0 128,128' head='cut' tail='long' />
<!-- variant based on [U+EF7E](V=0) -->
</cdl>
<cdl char='辰' uni='8FB0' points='0,4 128,128'>
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</cdl>
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<stroke type='sp' points='20,0 20,48 0,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='二' uni='4E8C' points='0,18 128,112' radical='K1D1'>
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<stroke type='h' points='0,128 128,128' />
<!-- 2012-07-01T00:04:16Z -->
</cdl>
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<stroke type='p' points='112,28 68,70' />
<stroke type='n' points='32,0 128,128' head='cut' />
<!-- variant based on [U+E776](V=0) -->
</cdl>
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