TSUMUGU · A1 (est.) · 字
田
ㄊㄧㄢˊ · tián
noun — field, cultivated land
字源 FORM — what the parts do
田形a field divided by paths
A square of ground crossed by the raised paths that split it into plots — 阡陌, the field walks. The whole graph is the picture; nothing inside it stands for a sound. From the planted square: 田地、稻田、田野.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一塊方田，田埂橫一條豎一條，分成四小塊。
A square of land, one path across and one down, cut into four plots.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)田地、稻田— cultivated field常用
→田野、田間— the open country, out among the fields
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension