畋
tián

till land

A man 攵 working on a farm 田; 田 also provides the pronunciation

Components

田
田 SoundMeaning component
tián field
攵
攵 Meaning component
pū tap

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdenHlˤiŋ-scultivate a field
denlˤiŋhunt
Zhengzhangl'iːŋ
l'iːŋs
Unicodedhen
dhèn

說文解字

平田也。从攴、田。《周書》曰：“畋尒田。”

Sources

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