農地

のうち · nouchi · JLPT N1 · noun

land

🌾 農 = farming + 地 = land, so 農地 = farming land = agricultural land

農 means farming and 地 means land, so the compound literally says farming-land. Both kanji recur in 農業 (agriculture) and 土地 (land).

地 — earth 土 + 也 (phonetic)
地 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The left component 土 means 'earth' or 'soil' and gives the meaning, while 也 on the right hints at the pronunciation. Originally referring to the ground or land, it broadened to mean 'place,' 'region,' and 'territory.'

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