懂中文 Dong Chinese

佃

diàn, tián

tenant farmer

Depicts a person (亻) working in the fields (田). 田 also represents the sound.

Components
亻 iconic component

亻  Iconic component

rén

  

person

田 sound,iconic component

田  Sound Iconic component

tián

  

field

Evolution

佃 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
佃 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
佃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
佃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

佃  

diàn

tenant farmer; be a tenant farmer; farmer

佃  

tián

to cultivate; to hunt

Most common words with 佃
Freq.
Word
Meaning

佃农

tenant farmer

佃

farmer

佃户

tenant farmer

租佃

to rent out one's land (to tenant farmers)