農村
のうそん · nouson · JLPT N2 · noun
community
🌾 農 farming + 村 village = a village whose daily life runs on farming
村 — tree 木 + inch/measure 寸
村 combines 木 (tree) with 寸 (inch/hand), where 寸 also serves as the phonetic. Originally written 邨 with the 邑 (settlement) radical, it referred to a small rural settlement, often near trees. The modern form 村 became standard, keeping the meaning 'village.'