Dong Chinese dictionary

tián

fill in

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 真 represents the sound.

Components

土 Meaning component

tǔ

earth

真 Sound component

zhēn

real

填 and 真 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.填 /*[d]ˤi[n]/
真 /*ti[n]/

Evolution

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

tián

fill in, fill up; make good; to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in

Most common words with 填

Sources