畠

field, farm, garden, (kokuji)

StatusJinmeiyōFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

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Kun'yomi

はたけ
はた

Nanori

はな

Meaning

畠 centers on a cultivated piece of land: a field, farm, or garden where crops are grown. It is a kokuji created in Japan to express this idea.

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Etymology

畠 is a kokuji (Japanese-made kanji) combining 白 (white) and 田 (rice field), likely to represent a dry field or upland farm as opposed to a flooded rice paddy.

Meaning mnemonic

A white 白 rice field 田 is a dry field or garden where crops are grown. Picture a sun-bleached white field ready for planting.

Reading mnemonic

For はたけ, imagine a farmer wearing a hat (はた) and carrying a rake (け) while working in the field: hat + rake -> はたけ.