豊 means “abundant, rich”

ゆたか · yutaka

Also: bountiful, excellent

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ゆたか, とよ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ホウ, ブ

JLPT N2 · Taught in grade 5 · 13 strokes

The story

豆 here is not a bean but an old footed offering dish, heaped high with harvest on top: plenty. 豊か is rich and abundant, 豊作 is a bumper harvest, and the name 豊田, Toyoda, behind Toyota, means "bountiful rice field".

Used in 豊か (yutaka, rich/abundant), 豊富 (houfu, plentiful), and 豊作 (housaku, good harvest)

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