畑 farm, field, garden, one's specialty, (kokuji) 9 strokes taught in grade 3 old JLPT 2 #1176 in newspapers Readings Kunはた、はたけ、-ばたけ In Chinese 畑 Words written with it 畑 はたけ field (for growing wheat N3 田畑 たはた fields (of rice and other crops) 桑畑 くわばたけ mulberry field 焼き畑 やきばた land made arable by the slash-and-burn… 畑地 はたち farmland 麦畑 むぎばたけ wheat field 花畑 はなばたけ field of flowers 畑作 はたさく dry field farming 畑違い はたけちがい outside one's field