甸

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outlying areas

HSK 7

diān

デン、テン

かり

전, 승

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

勹 wrap+ 田 rice field =

甸 outlying areas

勹 Iconic component

bāo wrap

Depicts a person.

田 Phonetic component

tián rice field

field, arable land, cultivated

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

甸

Regular

Modern

Chinese

甸 [Diàn]

surname Dian

甸 [diàn]

suburbs or outskirts; one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China; official in charge of fields (old)

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

甸おさむ

Osamu given name

CHINESE WORDS (46)

缅甸 [Miǎndiàn] #15,191

Myanmar (or Burma)

缅甸 [Miǎndiàn] #15,191

Myanmar (or Burma)

伊甸园 [Yīdiànyuán] #12,084

Garden of Eden

伊甸园 [Yīdiànyuán] #12,084

Garden of Eden

沉甸甸 [chéndiàndiàn] #51,364

Luodian county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qiánnánzhōu], Guizhou

罗甸 [Luódiàn] #43,578

Luodian county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qiánnánzhōu], Guizhou

中甸 [Zhōngdiàn] #43,955

Gyeltang or Gyalthang town and county, former name of Shangri-La county 香格里拉縣|香格里拉县[Xiānggélǐlāxiàn] in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[DíqìngZàngzúzìzhìzhōu], northwest Yunnan

罗甸县 [Luódiànxiàn] #45,802

Luodian county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qiánnánzhōu], Guizhou

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JAPANESE WORDS (3)

⭐ ラテン語 [ラテンご] #31,926