田猎 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

tián field

Pictograph of a field.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Meaning (8 of 27 verified)

里界留男略野畜亩畴畔畸毗町畹畿畦畲畛畈疃畋畎畬疇畟畑當 show all 27 show fewer

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)

liè hunt Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 昔 represents the sound. Simplified form of 獵.

Components

犭 Meaning component

quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

昔 Sound component

xī, cuò in the past, ancient times

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	zjaːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

liè hunt Traditional

Components

犭 Meaning component

quǎn dog

dog

巤 Sound component

liè whiskers

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ljep	r[a]p	hunt
Zhengzhang		rab
Unicode	liɛp

說文解字

放獵逐禽也。从犬巤聲。

Sources

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

田 tián field

Character Evolution

Component uses

Meaning (8 of 27 verified)

Iconic (8)

Sound (2 of 6 verified)

Deleted (1)

Simplified (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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猎 liè hunt Simplified

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Historical Pronunciations

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獵 liè hunt Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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tián field

liè hunt Simplified

liè hunt Traditional