tián
noun HSK 6 #4,078

Measure Word

一块 kuài

Meanings

  1. 1 field; farmland; paddy
  2. 2 a common Chinese surname

Examples

Nóngmín zài tián lǐ gànhuó.
Farmers are working in the fields.
Yī wàng wú jì de dàotián.
Endless rice paddies stretching as far as the eye can see.
Zhè kuài tián zhòng de shì xiǎomài.
This field is planted with wheat.

Tips

memory
is a pictograph — it looks like a plot of farmland divided into sections by paths or irrigation channels. One of the easiest characters to remember.
usage
Common compounds: 稻田 (rice paddy), 田野 (fields/open country), 田地 (farmland), 田园 (pastoral/countryside). Also used in 油田 (oil field).

Stroke Order

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