甽

Information about character(s)

Radical: 田
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 3
Total Strokes: 8
Variants: 畎

Pronunciation

Pinyin: quǎn, zhùn
Cantonese: hyun2 zan3
JapaneseKun: MIZO
JapaneseOn: KEN KEI KYOU
Korean: KYEN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: drain between fields, irrigation

CE-Dict: drain between fields, irrigation

康熙字典文字版 【午集上】【田字部】甽
【玉篇】古文畎字。【前漢·食貨志】后稷始甽田，以二耜爲耦，廣尺深尺曰甽。【後漢·章帝紀】毎尋前世舉人貢土，或起甽畝。　又【類篇】松倫切，音旬。山下受霤處。【釋名】山下根之受霤處曰甽。甽，吮也，吮得山之肥潤也。【呂氏春秋】丁田弃甽。　又【集韻】朱閏切，音稕。溝也。
考證：〔【玉篇】古文𤱶字。〕　謹照原文𤱶改畎。