zhènquǎn

drain between fields

Evolution

甽 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
甽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
甽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
甽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

zhèn

drain between fields, irrigation

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+753D

Shuowen

“,水小流也。《周禮》:‘匠人為溝洫,耜廣五寸,二耜為耦,一耦之伐,廣尺深尺謂之。’倍謂之遂,倍遂曰溝,倍溝曰洫,倍洫曰巜。甽,古文从田,从川;畎,篆文从田,犬聲。六畎為一畂。”


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