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阡

qiān
noun #41,333

Meanings

  1. 1 a north-south path between fields (classical)
  2. 2 path to a grave (classical)

Examples

HSK 7-9
田野上阡陌纵横。
Tiányě shàng qiānmò zònghéng.
Criss-crossing field paths stretched across the countryside.

Tips

history
阡 almost never stands alone in modern Chinese; it survives in the literary pair 阡陌 - the grid of paths between farm plots, 阡 running north-south and 陌 east-west. It joins the mound radical 阝 with 千 for the sound.
register
Literary and bound - modern use is essentially the fixed pair 阡陌.

Components

radical
阝 fù
mound; hill
Left-side mound radical 阝, the standing form of 阜. It ties 阡 to terrain and earthworks - the raised paths between fields.
phonetic
千 qiān
thousand
千 on the right gives the sound directly (qiān). It pairs neatly with 陌 in the partner term 阡陌.

Stroke Order

阡 qiān