田 tián field
field; farm
How it came to be
象形 · Pictogram
A drawing of the thing it means.
The oldest form is a field divided into plots by paths.
用法
- Field/farmland: 农田 (nóngtián) farmland, 稻田 (dàotián) a rice paddy, 种田 to farm.
- 田径 (tiánjìng) = track and field (田 = field events, 径 = track events): a sports term.
- 田野 (tiányě) / 田园 (tiányuán) = the countryside/rural fields (田园生活 a pastoral life).
- Also a surname; the character pictures a divided field.