Talk:田

Mandarin readings

Can it be explained in which contexts the two different Mandarin readings are used? 24.29.228.33 20:46, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Done. 204.11.186.190 13:11, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

It means brain sometimes?

According to Heisig this radical can take the meaning of brains like in 思 for example200.89.239.231 19:31, 8 October 2016 (UTC)

• Heisig's mnemonics are often completely divorced from the actual meanings of the characters. This is one very good example -- 田 does not mean brain at all. ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │^{Tala við mig} 05:59, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

思 was originally 恖. 囟 means "top of the head". Sometimes, a very simple component is not related to the etymology, but is merely an alteration of another component. Nibiko (talk) 06:29, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

Min

@Wyang Should we split the Min readings as a different etymology, possibly related to 層 (Norman)? — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 01:29, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

We can split the Min and non-Min ones, and use 田#Etymology 2 as the lemma form for Min. Etymology 1 would then note the Min readings as literary. (I'm not very convinced by Norman's 'field' < 'layer' etymology, though.) Wyang (talk) 01:53, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

@Wyang I've gone ahead and split it. Feel free to add to the etymology. — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 02:35, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

台語漢字正解 ISBN 9789867860071 by 王華南 shows in fact is only one etymology. Jidanni (talk) 09:19, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Min Bei

An anonymous editor tried to add Min Bei pronunciations. —suzukaze (t・c) 00:48, 12 February 2018 (UTC)