Meaning
(surname); field; farm
Chinese: 姓氏、领域、田地。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “tian” becomes a different word in each tone. 田 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 田野tián yěfield; open land
- 田径tián jìngtrack and field (athletics)
- 田地tián dìfield; farmland; cropland; plight
- 下田xià tiánto go out to work in the fields
- 种田zhòng tiánto farm; farming
Example Sentence
农民们在田里种水稻。Nóng mín men zài tián lǐ zhòng shuǐ dào.The farmers grow rice in the fields.
农民Nóng mínpeasant们men(plural marker)在zàiat田tiánfield里lǐinside种zhòngseed水稻shuǐ dàorice。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A pictograph of a field seen from above, divided by paths into plots. It means ‘field / farmland’.
A way to remember it
A square split into four smaller plots — farmland from above.