Same in origin to 佃. Depicts a person (勹) working in the fields (田). 田 also represents the sound. The meaning later shifted to "crops" and "suburbs of capital".
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | denH | lˤiŋ-s | open space outside city |
說文解字
《說文》：“甸，天子五百里地。从田，包省。”
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)