甸 (diàn) — (classifier, historical) a land area unit in ancient China, consisting of 64 well-fields (井)
Definition
A historical classifier for a land area in ancient China equal to 64 well-fields (井). Only seen in classical or historical contexts.
classifier
(classifier, historical) a land area unit in ancient China, consisting of 64 well-fields (井)
Easily confused
- 旬xúnlook-alike(classifier) ten-day period (one of three divisions of a month)
- 店diànsound-alikeshop; store
- 句jùlook-alike(classifier) for sentences, lines of verse, or short phrases
- 电diànsound-alike(noun) electricity; electric power
- 匀yúnlook-alike(stative verb) even, uniform, well-distributed
- 垫diànsound-alike(verb) to pad, to put something under
Examples
- 甸。Gǔ dài yí diàn děng yú liù shí sì jǐng.In ancient times, one dian equaled sixty-four well-fields.
- 甸。Zhè piàn fēng dì bèi huà fēn wèi shí diàn.This fief was divided into ten dian.
- ，甸。Shǐ shū jì zǎi, nà ge dì qū gòng yǒu èr shí diàn tǔ dì.Historical records say that region had a total of twenty dian of land.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
甸 is built from 人 (person) for the sense and 田 (field) for the sound.
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