佃
diàntián

tenant farmer

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approved by inralback19 · Feb 8, 2026, 11:40 PM · Reviewed by inralback19 on Feb 8, 2026, 11:40 PM

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

Components

亻
亻 Iconic component
田
田 SoundIconic component

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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)