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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern
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Pictograph of a field.
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | den | lˤiŋ | field; to hunt |
說文解字
《說文》:“田,陳也,樹穀曰田。象四口,十,阡陌之制也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.914
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)