畹

wǎn

宛 + 田

Definitions

wǎn a field of 20 or 30 mu

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 田 represents the meaning and 宛 represents the sound.

Semantic: 田 Phonetic: 宛

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The character 畹 (wǎn) is a phono-semantic compound, with the 田 (tián, 'field') radical on the left indicating the meaning of agricultural land, and 宛 (wǎn, 'winding, as if') on the right giving the sound. It was coined as an ancient unit of land measurement, typically equivalent to twenty or thirty mu (亩), depending on the era. While primarily an administrative term for calculating field areas, 畹 also appears in classical poetry, evoking fragrant gardens or fields planted with aromatic orchids.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

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我的朋友叫小畹。

Wǒ de péngyou jiào Xiǎo Wǎn.

My friend is called Xiao Wan.

畹町是云南的一个镇。

Wǎndīng shì Yúnnán de yī gè zhèn.

Wanding is a town in Yunnan.

她在兰畹中散步。

Tā zài lán wǎn zhōng sànbù.

She is taking a walk in the orchid garden.

那个兰畹的景色非常优美。

Nàge lán wǎn de jǐngsè fēicháng yōuměi.

The scenery of that orchid garden is very beautiful.

如果畹里的花都开了，那就太美了。

Rúguǒ wǎn lǐ de huā dōu kāi le, nà jiù tài měi le.

If all the flowers in the wan field bloom, it would be so beautiful.

虽然畹町不大，但它的历史很悠久。

Suīrán Wǎndīng bù dà, dàn tā de lìshǐ hěn yōujiǔ.

Although Wanding is not big, its history is very long.

这片畹地被保护得很好，没有受到污染。

Zhè piàn wǎn dì bèi bǎohù de hěn hǎo, méiyǒu shòudào wūrǎn.

This plot of wan land is well protected and has not been polluted.

通过对畹町的文化研究，我们了解了当地的少数民族传统。

Tōngguò duì Wǎndīng de wénhuà yánjiū, wǒmen liǎojiě le dāngdì de shǎoshù mínzú chuántǒng.

Through cultural research on Wanding, we have learned about the local ethnic minority traditions.

Related Characters

Component: 宛

Component: 田