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Fire Farm Field Rice Land Clear 畑 はた、はたけ、 ばたけ

Kanji
Kunyomi はた、はたけ、-ばたけ
Nanori かま, まま
English farm, field, garden, one's specialty, (kokuji)
Examples 畑(はたけ): (1) field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation (2) field (of specialization); sphere; area (3) womb; birth; birthplace
畑地(はたち): farmland
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade 3
Frequency 1176
Components 火: fire
田: rice field; rice paddy
Number of Strokes 9
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 102
Radical Strokes 5
Radical Reading た・たへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 国字 Original
Keyword farm
Koohii Story 1 Many farms are created by first setting FIRE over the land to clear the land for the FIELDS.
Koohii Story 2 When creating a farm, the prospective farmer must first set fire to the forest to clear the ground. Only then can he plow the fields. Fire before fields to make a farm.
RTK Index (new) 178

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade3, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_nature_landscape

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