Additional information about 蹊
說文解字: 【徯】，待也。从彳、奚聲。 【胡计切】 【蹊】，徯或从足。
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1. Perhaps the most general term for a path is jìng 徑, but the word refers specifically to a shortcut, whereas the rarer xī 蹊 refers more generally to any path that has been trampled up, by humans or by animals.
2. Qiān mò 阡陌 are the ubiquitous mudpaths between fields ideally qiān 阡 going north-south and mò 陌 east-west, but this latter commentarial tradition would seem to be an idealising rationalisation.
3. Lǒng 壟 is occasionally used to refer to the raised borders between fields.
4. Mǔ 畝 is an earlier word than 壟 referring to the raised borders between fields, and by extension to the fields themselves.