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甸

diàn
noun #34,686

Meanings

  1. 1 suburbs; outskirts (classical)
  2. 2 outlying royal lands (in ancient Chinese geography)
  3. 3 common element in northern Chinese place names

Examples

他在北京海甸区长大。
Tā zài Běijīng Hǎidiàn qū zhǎngdà.
He grew up in Haidian District, Beijing.
缅甸位于中国的西南方。
Miǎndiàn wèiyú Zhōngguó de xīnán fāng.
Myanmar is to the southwest of China.
桦甸是吉林省的一个县级市。
Huàdiàn shì Jílín Shěng de yí ge xiànjí shì.
Huadian is a county-level city in Jilin Province.

Tips

culture
Per 《说文解字》, 甸 originally meant 'royal field' — the outer ring of the king's domain in ancient Chinese cosmography. Today the meaning survives mainly in place names: 海甸 (Haidian, Beijing's tech hub), 桦甸 (in Jilin), and crucially 缅甸 (Miǎndiàn = Myanmar/Burma) where it forms part of the country name.

Stroke Order

甸 diàn