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填

tián

fill in

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 真 represents the sound.

Components
土 meaning component

土  Meaning component

tǔ

  

earth

真 sound component

真  Sound component

zhēn

  

real

Evolution

填 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
填 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
填 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
填 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
填 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

填  

tián

fill in, fill up; make good; to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in

Most common words with 填
Freq.
Word
Meaning

填

to fill or stuff

填写

to fill in a form

填补

to fill a gap

填充

pad

填满

to cram

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[d]ˤi[n]

den

tián

obstruct; embankment


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 15.2971% of movies

1763rd most common character in movies

1970th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+586B

Shuowen

“填，塞也。从土，真聲。”


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