甸 (diàn): suburbs or outskirts, one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China, official in charge of fields (old)
甸 (diàn) is a Chinese character meaning “suburbs or outskirts.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 勹 (semantic) and 田 (phonetic). It ranks #2479 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 甸 wrap. Its radical form 田 (field) appears in many related characters such as 电 (diàn, lightning), 男 (nán, male), 由 (yóu, to follow).
Definitions
- suburbs or outskirts
- one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China
- official in charge of fields (old)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伊甸园proper-noun | yī diàn yuán | Garden of Eden |
| 缅甸proper-noun | miǎn diàn | Myanmar (or Burma) |
| 沉甸甸adjective | chén diàn diàn | heavy |
| 宽甸满族自治县 | kuān diàn mǎn zú zì zhì xiàn | Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County, in Dandong City 丹東市|丹东市, Liaoning |
| 寻甸回族彝族自治县 | xún diàn huí zú yí zú zì zhì xiàn | Xundian Hui and Yi Autonomous County, in Kunming City 昆明市, Yunnan |
| 罗甸县 | luó diàn xiàn | Luodian, a county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 nan2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi... |
| 林甸县 | lín diàn xiàn | Lindian, a county in Daqing City 大慶市|大庆市, Heilongjiang |
| 基甸proper-noun | jī diàn | Gideon (name, from Judges 6:11 onward) |
| 施甸县 | shī diàn xiàn | Shidian, a county in Baoshan City 保山市, Yunnan |
| 罗甸proper-noun | luó diàn | see 羅甸縣|罗甸县 |
| 林甸proper-noun | lín diàn | see 林甸縣|林甸县 |
| 寻甸县 | xún diàn xiàn | see 尋甸回族彝族自治縣|寻甸回族彝族自治县 |
| 鲁甸县 | lǔ diàn xiàn | Ludian, a county in Zhaotong City 昭通市, Yunnan |
| 施甸proper-noun | shī diàn | see 施甸縣|施甸县 |
| 宽甸县 | kuān diàn xiàn | see 寬甸滿族自治縣|宽甸满族自治县 |
甸 appears in 28 compound words: 0 as the first character, 46 as the last, and 54 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 甸 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
老师教我们甸字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men diàn zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "甸."
开发这个工具的人，自己攒下的会话已经是一笔沉甸甸的资产。
kāi fā zhè gè gōng jù de rén , zì jǐ cuán xià de huì huà yǐ jīng shì yī bǐ chén diàn diàn de zī chǎn .
For the person who developed this tool, the conversations they’ve collected have already become a substantial asset.
刘兴博的台词不多，但每一句都沉甸甸的。
liú xīng bó de tái cí bù duō , dàn měi yī jù dōu chén diàn diàn de .
Liu Xingbo doesn't have many lines, but each one carries great weight.
河北曹妃甸港区今年一季度货物吞吐量超1.38亿吨
hé běi cáo fēi diàn gǎng qū jīn nián yī jì dù huò wù tūn tǔ liàng chāo 1 . 3 8 yì dūn
Cargo throughput at the Caofeidian Port Area in Hebei exceeded 138 million tons in the first quarter of this year
暨大缅甸特辅班114学年度上路 接收台师大145...
jì dà miǎn diàn tè fǔ bān 1 1 4 xué nián dù shàng lù jiē shōu tái shī dà 1 4 5 . . .
The 114th academic year of the special auxiliary class of Greater Myanmar is on the road and receives the 145th National Taiwan Normal University...
地震预警服务、缅甸地震救援等入选公众关注防震减灾十大工作进...
dì zhèn yù jǐng fú wù , miǎn diàn dì zhèn jiù yuán děng rù xuǎn gōng zhòng guān zhù fáng zhèn jiǎn zāi shí dà gōng zuò jìn . . .
Earthquake early warning services and Myanmar earthquake rescue were selected as the top ten tasks of earthquake prevention and disaster reduction that the public is concerned about...
缅甸反华情绪正在增长。
Miǎndiàn fǎn Huá qíngxù zhèngzài zēngzhǎng.
Anti-Chinese sentiment is on the rise in Myanmar.
木质家具沉甸甸的。
Mùzhì jiājù chéndiàndiàn de.
Wooden furniture is heavy.
泰国在北边接壤缅甸和老挝。
Tàiguó zài běibiān jiērǎng Miǎndiàn hé Lǎowō.
Thailand is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos.
Character Family
田 Radical Family — Characters sharing the field radical
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