田

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Radical 102 田

田 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 田 (W), four-corner 6040₀, composition ⿴囗十)

1. Kangxi radical #102, ⽥.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/田
• 乪, 佃, 𪞛, 𡊰, 㚼, 𭕎, 𡶚, 𪪮, 沺, 𤝗, 䧃, 𣐬, 𤔉, 𤤦, 𥎴, 鿬, 𫀪, 𫂺, 細(细), 𫅹, 𮓿, 䟧, 𧦵, 䡒, 鈿(钿), 𦹸, 𬟭, 毗, 鴫, 甸
• 里, 㚻, 𡥔, 𢌿, 思, 𭥫, 毘, 胃, 累, 𧵗, 塁, 𣫕, 𠓦, 亩, 备, 奋, 𪧈, 屇, 苗, 㧂, 𣐭, 𣥤, 𡘒, 畠, 畨, 𦤏, 葘, 𨽶, 𮧅, 雷, 榃, 𬓷, 𩇼, 奮, 𬹲, 𩆞
• 𣱟, 𢇶, 𧆨, 𪎟, 𪠚, 𨳸, 𭅗, 𡈍, 曽, 兽, 盧, 𩵋, 魚(鱼), 㙒, 𤷒, 疐, 㚄, 嚔, 縄, 蝿, 湽, 輺, 鍿

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 756, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21723
• Dae Jaweon: page 1167, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2524, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7530

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 田
Shang		Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – pictographic representation of a field.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-liŋ (“field”). Cognate with Tibetan ཞིང (zhing, “field; realm”), Jingpho maling (mă³¹ liŋ³³, “forest”). Compare Proto-Hmong-Mien *ljiŋ (“field”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

田

1. farmland (Classifier: 塊／块 m c)

   一塊玉米田／一块玉米田  ―  yī kuài yùmǐ tián  ―  a corn field

   • 百畝之田，勿奪其時，數口之家可以無飢矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     百亩之田，勿夺其时，数口之家可以无饥矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Bǎi mǔ zhī tián, wù duó qí shí, shù kǒu zhī jiā kěyǐ wú jī yǐ.

     Let there not be taken away the time that is proper for the cultivation of the farm with its hundred mu, and the family of several mouths that is supported by it shall not suffer from hunger.

2. field (area rich in mineral reserves)

   油田  ―  yóutián  ―  oil field

3. (Cantonese) Short for 阿華田／阿华田 (Āhuátián, “Ovaltine”).

   Synonym: 華田／华田

   凍田／冻田 [Cantonese]  ―  dung³ tin⁴   ―  iced Ovaltine

4. (obsolete) (alt. form 佃, 畋) to till land; to cultivate

   • 畇畇原隰，曾孫田之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     畇畇原隰，曾孙田之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yúnyún yuánxí, zēngsūn tián zhī.

     Its plains and marshes being opened up,
     It was made into fields by the distant descendant.

5. (obsolete) (alt. form 佃, 畋, 甸) to hunt

   • 叔于田，乘乘馬，執轡如組，兩驂如舞。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     叔于田，乘乘马，执辔如组，两骖如舞。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shū yú tián, chéng shèngmǎ, zhípèi rú zǔ, liǎng cān rú wǔ.

     Shu has gone hunting,
     Mounted in his chariot and four.
     The reins are in his grasp like ribbons,
     While the two outside horses move , as dancers do.

6. a surname

   田漢／田汉  ―  Tián Hàn  ―  Tian Han

Synonyms

• (farmland):

Compounds

Descendants

Etymology 2

The Min native word for “paddy field; field”.

Etymology unknown. Chinese scholars identify 塍 (OC *ɦljɯŋ, “raised path between fields”) as the etymological character (本字), although Norman proposes that this is related to 層 (OC *zɯːŋ, “layer”), reflecting the terraced fields commonly found in Fujian (Schuessler, 2007). Compare also 㽪 (“wet field”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

田 (Min)

1. paddy field; wet field (Classifier: 坵 mn)
2. farmland in general; field (Classifier: 坵 mn)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. paddy, field

Readings

• Go-on: でん (den, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: てん (ten)
• Kun: た (ta, 田, Jōyō)
• Nanori: いなか (inaka); おか (oka); たん (tan); で (de); とう (tō); や (ya)

Usage notes

Note that the rice paddy meaning is specific to Japanese. The Chinese word for rice paddy is 水田 (shuǐtián).

Compounds

Etymology 1

From Old Japanese. Appears in the Kojiki written in roughly 711-712. In turn, from Proto-Japonic *ta.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) た​ (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

田(た) • (ta) 

1. rice paddy

   田(た)を耕(たがや)す

   ta o tagayasu

   to plow a rice field

2. cultivated field

Usage notes

The term ta can refer to either a wet field as for rice agriculture, or a dry field as for other crops. This term does not refer to a wild field or meadow (see 野原(のはら) (nohara), 原(はら)っぱ (harappa), 草原(そうげん) (sōgen)).

Derived terms

Proper noun

田(た) • (Ta) 

1. A surname

Etymology 2

Proper noun

田(でん) • (Den) 

1. A surname

References

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 田 (MC den).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

田

Wikisource

田 (eumhun 밭 전 (bat jeon))

1. Hanja form^? of 전 (“cultivated patch of land”).
2. Hanja form^? of 전 (“A surname”).

Compounds

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

田: Hán Nôm readings: điền, ruộng

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