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畑

farm
Stroke count: 9

Readings

Kun readingはた、はたけ、-ばたけ
JōyōGrade 3KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. farmRtK
    彼は教育畑で育った。He has had a long teaching career.tatoeba
    畑先生はテレビでいろいろな動物のおもしろい話をしてくれた。Mr Hata told us on television some interesting stories about various animals.tatoeba
  2. field
    道はくねくねと畑の中を走っていた。The road wound through the fields.tatoeba
    彼の家族は畑で働いている。His family works in the fields.tatoeba
  3. garden
  4. one's specialty
  5. (kokuji)
  1. field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.)
  2. cultivated land
  3. vegetable plot
  4. kitchen garden
  5. plantation

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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fire (火) · rice field (田) · brains

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 178

Compound words

桑畑くわばたけ
mulberry field; mulberry plantation
田畑たはた
fields (of rice and other crops)
麦畑むぎばたけ
wheat field; barley field; cornfield
花畑はなばたけ
field of flowers
茶畑ちゃばたけ
tea plantation
畑地はたち
farmland
営業畑えいぎょうばたけ
sales field
畑違いはたけちがい
outside one's field
畑打ちはたうち
ploughing
蜜柑畑みかんばたけ
mandarin plantation
玉蜀黍畑とうもろこしばたけ
cornfield
畑ちがいはたけちがい
outside one's field
ライ麦畑でつかまえてライむぎばたけでつかまえて
The Catcher in the Rye (novel by J. D. Salinger)

Additional Examples

畑仕事をしているとき彼はまるで水を得た魚のようだ。
He's in his element when working on the farm.tatoeba

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 畑

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step