塍
chéng

a raised path between fields

Components

月
月 Sound component
yuè, yue moon
龹
龹 Unknown component
juǎn to roll rice into a ball
土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

earth

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartzyingm.ləŋ
(~ *mə.ləŋ)		raised path between fields
Zhengzhangɦljɯŋ

說文解字

稻中畦也。从土朕聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)