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plowed field

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approved by Prismcool · Oct 8, 2023, 09:25 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Oct 8, 2023, 09:25 PM

Characterless component

Changed fields: components

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

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component

Depicts a plowed furrow.

◎
◎ Iconic component

Depicts a field. Modern form looks like unrelated 工.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to ◎ than it was in ancient scripts.
◎
◎ Iconic component

Depicts a field. Modern form looks like unrelated 工.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to ◎ than it was in ancient scripts.

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdrjuw[d]ruplowed field

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