町 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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tīng, dīng, tǐng

raised path between fields

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

Components

田 Meaning component

tián

field

丁 Sound component

dīng

cubes

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

tīng

raised path between fields

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