Glyph Origins

Radical ⽥ (102)

田 (U+7530)

{田} *lˤiŋ “field”

Depiction of a field divided into plots.

  • 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (942)

由 (U+7531)

Shang
(Bin)
Shang
(Shi)
Shang
(Wuming)
Shang
(Shi)
Shang
(Bin)
Early
W.Zhou
Late
W.Zhou
QinHanW.HanE.HanTang
合8358
[⿰氵柚]
合10954
[柚]
合28164
[⿰柚尋]
屯2691合667正集5769集10176
[油]
睡.種125
[軸]
居新EPF22.11
[軸]
北.淫22
[柚]
熹經82五經文字

{由} *l[u] “from”

Shortened form of (depiction of a pomelo tree with fruits).

  • 王子楊 2013 - 釋甲骨文中的“柚”
  • 鄔可晶 & 施瑞峰 2022 - 說“朕”“灷”

男 (U+7537)

Shang
(Shi-Bin)
Shang
(Bin)
Shang
(Bin)
Early
W.Zhou
QinQinW.HanE.HanNanbei
(N.Wei)
TangTang
合3454合3453合補2544集9901.1睡.日乙83睡.問167北.蒼Z2五.行85王僧男墓誌銘干祿字書開石.禮記33

?{任} *nəm “(physical) burden” ♪→ {男} *nˤəm “baron; man”

Depiction of a plow () on a field ().

  • 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (918-919)

町 (U+753A)

{町} *tʰˤeŋʔ “raised footpath between fields”

FIELD + ♪ *TEŊ

  • 李學勤 (ed.) 2012 - 字源 (1200)