zhěn

border

Components

Meaning component
tián field

field

Sound component
zhěn thick hair

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyinXtə[n]ʔpath between fields
Zhengzhangkljɯn
kljɯnʔ

說文解字

井田閒陌也。从田㐱聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica