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亩 mǔ fields

fields; measure word for fields

How to remember 亩: 亠 lid + 田 field = fields. Grandpa lifts the lid of the old tin box, pulls out the deed to the rice field and counts all the family fields.

  • HSK 7
  • 7 strokes
  • Radical 亠

Component breakdown

亩 = 亠 lid + 田 field

  • 亠 lid
  • 田 field
The Gushi story

Grandpa lifts the lid of the old tin box, pulls out the deed to the rice field and counts all the family fields.

How it is used

  • A Chinese unit of land area, about 667 m² - 三亩地 (sān mǔ dì) three mu of farmland.
  • Used as a measure word for fields; the standard unit for farm and property size in China.
  • Note 一亩三分地 (yì mǔ sān fēn dì), an idiom for 'one's own little turf'.