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plowed field

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Feb 21, 2026, 03:50 AM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Feb 21, 2026, 03:50 AM

Sorry, I meant revert the change if you think it's WORSE than the original

Depicts a plowed furrow in between of two fields. Original form of .

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》:“,耕治之田也。从田,象耕屈之形。,或省。”

Sources

Character origin
說文解字
Historical images
Academia Sinica