畝 means “ridge (in a field), se (unit)”

うね · une

Also: furrow, thirty tsubo, ridge, rib

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): せ, うね
On'yomi (Chinese reading): ボウ, ホ, モ, ム

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 10 strokes

The story

A field (田) under a lid (亠), with 久, long-lasting: rows of earth heaped up across a plot. 畝 is a raised row in a vegetable patch, and an old unit of land, 一畝, read いっせ, thirty tsubo.

Used in 畝 (une, raised row/ridge), 畝間 (unema, furrow between rows), and 一畝 (isse, one se, about 99 square meters)

畝 means “ridge (in a field), se (unit)”

The story

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