填
tián HSK4

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Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 真 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
真
真 Sound component
zhēn real
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartden[d]ˤi[n] obstruct; embankment

說文解字

《說文》：“填，塞也。从土，真聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)