懂中文 Dong Chinese

町

tīng, dīng, tǐng

raised path between fields

Phonosemantic compound. 田 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound.

Components
田 meaning component

田  Meaning component

tián

  

field

丁 sound component

丁  Sound component

dīng

  

cubes

Evolution

町 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
町 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
町 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

町  

tīng

raised path between fields

町  

dīng

(used in place names)

Most common words with 町
Freq.
Word
Meaning

町

(used in place names)

畹町

Wanding town Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture 德宏傣族景頗族自治州|德宏傣族景颇族自治州, Yunnan, on border with Myanmar (Burma)

畹町市

Wanding town Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture 德宏傣族景頗族自治州|德宏傣族景颇族自治州, Yunnan, on border with Myanmar (Burma)

室町

Muromachi bakufu, the feudal government of Japan (1338-1573) under the Ashikaga shoguns