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畑

farm, field, garden, one's specialty, (kokuji)

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · grade 3FrequencyTop 2,000Strokes9

Readings

On'yomi

—

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

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  • 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

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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.