田

音読おんよみ: デン

訓読くんよみ:

画数かくすう: 5

部首ぶしゅ: 田(た)

Meaning

Rice Field / Paddy / Cultivated Land

  • 田園でんえん — rural countryside
  • 田畑たはた — fields and paddies
  • 田舎いなか — countryside
  • 田植たうえ — rice planting
  • んぼ — rice field
  • 田中たなか — Tanaka (a common surname)

The character 田 visually represents a rice field with divisions for irrigation. It hasn’t changed much over centuries and is a key symbol in Japanese life, often found in names and geography.

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