农 · Zhang Zhi
Nóng (2nd tone). Traditional 農. The Shuowen Jiezi gives it in one word: 「耕也。从晨囟聲」 — ‘to plough’, the graph built on 晨 (dawn, the hour of field-work). Oracle-bone forms show 林 or 艸 over 辰, a shell-blade clearing growth — the earliest Chinese $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart