Radical ⽥ (102)

{田} *lˤiŋ “field”

Depiction of a field divided into plots.

• 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (942)

Shang (Bin)	Shang (Shi)	Shang (Wuming)	Shang (Shi)	Shang (Bin)	Early W.Zhou	Late W.Zhou	Qin	Han	W.Han	E.Han	Tang
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 柚 (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”

Shang (Shi-Bin)	Shang (Bin)	Shang (Bin)	Early W.Zhou	Qin	Qin	W.Han	E.Han	Nanbei (N.Wei)	Tang	Tang
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 (力) on a field (田).

• 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (918-919)

{町} *tʰˤeŋʔ “raised footpath between fields”

田 FIELD + ♪丁 *TEŊ

• 李學勤 (ed.) 2012 - 字源 (1200)

E.Han	S.Song	Yuan	Edo
說文解字	六書故	太平樂府	繪本倭比事

Shortened form of 畫 to the lower part based on the idealized form from Shuowen Jiezi. Modern simplified form in China and Japan.

• Bökset R. 2021 - Long Story of Short Forms: Simplified Chinese Characters from A to Z (137)

Middle W.Zhou	Late W.Zhou	Qin	Qin	W.Han	E.Han	Nanbei (N.Zhou)	Tang
集4216.2	集4468	秦新356	睡.爲1	馬.遣一178	華夏考古1987.2	南0624X	五經文字

{畫} *ɡʷˤrek “to draw”

周 ENGRAVE(?) + ♪𬚪 *GᵂEK (聿 BRUSH + ♪乂² *KᵂE(K) for {畫}).

• 金祥恒 1971 - 說卜辭中之子畫
• 孫常敘 1982 - 則、灋度量則、則誓三事試解》
• 李守奎 2016 - 釋楚簡中的「規」――兼說「支」亦「規」之表意初文
• 陳劍 2017 - 說「規」等字並論一些特別的形聲字意符

Forms:

画 - Shortening to the lower part based on the idealized form from Shuowen Jiezi. Modern simplified form in China and Japan.