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footpaths between fields

HSK 10
qiān
セン
Components
mound+ thousand =
footpaths between fields
Meaning component
mound
place
hill
Phonetic component
qiān thousand
see 鞦韆|秋千[qiū​qiān]
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[qiān]
road leading north and south
Japanese
せん 同音
numeric thousand; 1,000 (阡 and 仟 are used in legal documents)
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