町
tǐngdīng

raised path between fields

Phonosemantic compound. 田 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound.

Components

田
田 Meaning component
tián field
丁
丁 Sound component
dīng cubes

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartthengXtʰˤeŋʔthen(g)X.thwanX "trampled (field)
Zhengzhangtʰeːnʔ
tʰeːŋ
tʰeːŋʔ
deːŋʔ

說文解字

田踐處曰町。从田丁聲。

Sources

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