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佃

diàn

Character

What 佃 means

1. to rent farmland from a landlord

Other readings

佃 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• tiánto cultivate; to hunt

Words starting with 佃

• 佃农diàn nóngtenant farmer; sharecropper
• 佃户diàn hùtenant farmer

Words containing 佃

• 租佃zū diànto rent out one's land (to tenant farmers)

Characters built on 田

These share the phonetic component 田 (tián), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 甸diànsuburbs or outskirts; one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic…
• 畑tiánused in Japanese names with phonetic value hatake, bata etc…
• 钿diànto inlay with gold, silver etc; ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower
• 畋tiánto cultivate (land); to hunt

Characters that look like 佃

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 始shǐto begin; to start; then
• 纽niǔto turn; to wrench; button
• 妞niūgirl
• 韧rènannealed; pliable but strong; tough
• 纫rènto thread (a needle); (bound form) to sew; to stitch; (literary) very grateful
• 拗ào(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient

Sounds the same

Read diàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 店inn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store
• 电lightning; electricity; electric (bound form)
• 殿palace hall
• 垫pad; cushion; mat
• 奠to fix; to settle; a libation to the dead
• 惦to think of; to remember; to miss
• 淀(bound form) shallow lake (usu. in place names)
• 甸suburbs or outskirts; one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic…
• 靛indigo pigment
• 钿to inlay with gold, silver etc; ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower
• 扂door latch
• 玷blemish; disgrace; flaw in jade