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 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nhigh ridge between fields
畔  pàn OC: baans MC: bʷɑn 3 AttributionsWD

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
阡陌  qiān mò OC: snʰiin mbraaɡ MC: tshen mɣɛk 3 AttributionsWD

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
畷  zhuì OC: krlods MC: ʈiɛi 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • npath between fields (LI)
畎  quǎn OC: kʷeenʔ MC: ken
甽  juǎn OC: kuunʔ MC: ken 1 AttributionWD

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

    Syntactic words
  • ndrainage between patches of land in fields
陌  mò OC: mbraaɡ MC: mɣɛk 1 AttributionWD

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

    Syntactic words
  • n(ideally east-west) small mudpath between fields
畛  zhěn OC: kljɯnʔ MC: tɕin 1 AttributionWD
    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
町  tǐng OC: theeŋʔ MC: theŋ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • npath between fields; field boundary
畎畝  quǎn mǔ OC: kʷeenʔ mooʔ MC: ken mu 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPfield boundaries; fields
阡  qiān OC: snʰiin MC: tshen 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • n(ideally north-south) small mudpath between the individual patches of land in fields; d682
邊  biān OC: peen MC: pen 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nside
塍  chéng OC: ɢljɯŋ MC: ʑɨŋ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nraised path between fields (SHUOWEN)