畑
farm, field, garden, one's specialty, (kokuji)
Readings
On'yomi
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Kun'yomi
- はた
- はたけ
- -ばたけ
Nanori
- かま
- まま
Meaning
畑 centers on a cultivated piece of land: a farm, field, or garden where crops are grown. The extended sense of one's specialty comes from the idea of a personal field of expertise.
Most common words using 畑
20 of 42- 畑はたけN3
field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation
- 田畑たはたN1
fields (of rice and other crops)
- お花畑おはなばたけ
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
- 花畑はなばたけ
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
- 焼き畑やきばた
land made arable by the slash-and-burn method; swidden; slash-and-burn farming
- 茶畑ちゃばたけ
tea plantation; tea field
- 麦畑むぎばたけ
wheat field; barley field; cornfield
- 畑違いはたけちがい
outside one's field; out of one's line
- 畑作はたさく
dry field farming; dry field crop
- 段々畑だんだんばたけ
terraced fields; terraced farm
- 桑畑くわばたけ
mulberry field; mulberry plantation
- 畑地はたち
farmland
- いちご畑いちごばたけ
strawberry field; strawberry patch
- タバコ畑タバコばたけ
tobacco field; tobacco patch
- トウモロコシ畑とうもろこしばたけ
cornfield; corn field; maize field
- ブドウ畑ブドウばたけ
vineyard; vinery; grape plantation
- ライ麦畑ライむぎばたけ
rye 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 (1951 novel by J. D. Salinger)
- 切り畑きりはた
hillside farm; fallow ground
- 営業畑えいぎょうばたけ
sales field; business field
Study
Etymology
畑 is a Japanese kokuji created by combining 火 (fire) and 田 (field), likely representing a dry field cleared by burning or a field where fire is used in cultivation.
Meaning mnemonic
A field 田 with a fire 火 beside it: imagine a farmer burning stubble to prepare a dry field for planting. That field is a farm or garden, and it becomes the farmer's specialty.
Reading mnemonic
For はた, picture a farmer wearing a hat while working in the field: hat -> はた, and the hat shades the farmer in the sunny field.