qiān
footpaths between fields
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 阡
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
road leading north and south | ||
Carpathian Mountains, 1500-km mountain range in Central and Eastern Europe | ||
Siqian county in Tongren prefecture 銅仁地區|铜仁地区[Tóngréndìqū], Guizhou | ||
Siqian county in Tongren prefecture 銅仁地區|铜仁地区[Tóngréndìqū], Guizhou |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[tsʰ]ˤi[n] | tshen | qiān | N-S path between fields |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
5147th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 5 |
Unicode | U+9621 |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》:“阡,路東西為陌,南北為阡。从,千聲。” |
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