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佃

diàn / tián
verb #50,115

Meanings

  1. 1 to rent farmland from a landlord
  2. 2 to be a tenant farmer

Examples

HSK 7-9
旧社会，穷苦农民向地主佃地。
Jiù shèhuì, qióngkǔ nóngmín xiàng dìzhǔ diàn dì.
In the old society poor peasants rented land from landlords.
HSK 7-9
他家世代都是佃农。
Tā jiā shìdài dōu shì diànnóng.
His family had been tenant farmers for generations.

Tips

usage
In its common reading diàn, 佃 means to rent farmland, seen in 佃农 (tenant farmer) and 佃户 (tenant household).

Components

radical
亻 rén
person
The person radical, side form of 人, marks 佃 as a human activity: a person working rented farmland.
phonetic
田 tián
field; farmland
Both supplies the sound (behind the tián reading) and contributes meaning, the farmland that is rented and worked. Seen standing alone as 田.

Stroke Order

佃 diàn