diàntián

tenant farmer

Depicts a person () working in the fields (). also represents the sound.

Components

Iconic component
rén person
SoundIconic component
tián field

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdenHlˤiŋ-s hunt

說文解字

《說文》:“佃,中也。从人,田聲。《春秋傳》曰:‘乘中佃,一轅車。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica