FIELD BOUNDARY    田塍阡陌

BOUNDARY BETWEEN FIELDS.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The most current general term, at least from Han times onwards, is qiān mò 阡陌. This term is mostly used generically or in the plural. Occasionally the word is also used to refer to the area surrounded by qiān mò 阡陌. Qiān 阡 is rarely used on its own. 2. Quǎn 畎／甽 are little canals of water between fields, for drainage. 3. Mò 陌 can refer on its own to mudpaths between fields. 4. Pàn 畔 refers to the borderline between whole fields crossed individually by qiān mò 阡陌.
Modern Chinese Criteria
田塍 田埂 埂子 阡陌 阡 陌 壟 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • MOATCANAL PRODUCED FOR DEFENDING A CITY.
Hypernym
  • BOUNDARY　LIMIT which DIVIDES something into the INSIDE and OUTSIDE. (anc: 6/0, child: 2)
  • LIMIT　MOMENT OR PLACE which DEFINES what is INSIDE AND what is OUTSIDE something. (anc: 5/0, child: 4)
  • MOMENT　POINT of TIME OR INTENSELY SHORT TIME. (anc: 4/0, child: 4)

Words (12 items)

畝  mǔ OC: mooʔ MC: mu 8 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nhigh ridge between fields
阡陌  qiān mò OC: snʰiin mbraaɡ MC: tshen mɣɛk 3 Attributions

The most current general term, at least from Han times onwards, is qiān mò 阡陌. This term is mostly used generically or in the plural. Occasionally the word is also used to refer to the area surrounded by qiān mò 阡陌. Qiān 阡 is rarely used on its own.

    Syntactic words
  • NP{N1&N2}pluralZGC and Han: paths between patches of land in fields
畔  pàn OC: baans MC: bʷɑn 3 Attributions

Pàn 畔 refers to the borderline between whole fields crossed individually by qiān mò 阡陌.

    Syntactic words
  • nborder between whole fields consisting of many patches
陌  mò OC: mbraaɡ MC: mɣɛk 1 Attribution

Mò 陌 can refer on its own to mudpaths between fields.

    Syntactic words
  • n(ideally east-west) small mudpath between fields
畎  quǎn OC: kʷeenʔ MC: ken
甽  juǎn OC: kuunʔ MC: ken 1 Attribution

Quǎn 畎／甽 are little canals of water between fields, for drainage.

    Syntactic words
  • ndrainage between patches of land in fields
畛  zhěn OC: kljɯnʔ MC: tɕin 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • n(ideally east-west) comparatively small path between fields in the well-field system of the Warring States period; path between the fields in the well-field system; x16
畷  zhuì OC: krlods MC: ʈiɛi 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • npath between fields (LI)
邊  biān OC: peen MC: pen 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nside
阡  qiān OC: snʰiin MC: tshen 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • n(ideally north-south) small mudpath between the individual patches of land in fields; d682
畎畝  quǎn mǔ OC: kʷeenʔ mooʔ MC: ken mu 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPfield boundaries; fields
塍  chéng OC: ɢljɯŋ MC: ʑɨŋ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nraised path between fields (SHUOWEN)
町  tǐng OC: theeŋʔ MC: theŋ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • npath between fields; field boundary