diàn, tián
tenant farmer
A person 亻 on the farm 田; 田 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution

Bronze script
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze script
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 佃
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
tenant farmer | ||
farmer | ||
tenant farmer | ||
to rent out one's land (to tenant farmers) |
Sources