畾 (léi) - Lei — ancient form representing three fields or & used in characters related to fields, boundaries, or

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léi ｜ 15 strokes ｜ radical:

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畾 · léi

Lei — ancient form representing three fields or a field boundary;

used in characters related to fields, boundaries, or accumulation;

now rare in modern usage.

Lei — ancient form representing three fields orused in characters related to fields, boundaries, ornow rare in modern usage.

Usage highlights

Field boundariesBorder demarcationAncient field systemTriple fieldsBoundary markersAgricultural division

Synonyms

  • 田— field, farmland
  • 界— boundary, border
  • 疆— borderland, frontier

Antonyms

  • 漠— desert, barren land
  • 荒— wasteland, uncultivated

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • Ancient character for field boundaries(畾田)
  • thunder(Used as a component in characters like 雷)
  • Appears in classical texts for demarcation(疆畾)
  • Historical form representing multiple fields(三畾)

Collocations

  • Field boundaries(田畾)
  • Border demarcation(疆畾)
  • Ancient field system(畾制)
  • Triple fields(三畾)
  • Boundary markers(界畾)
  • Agricultural division(畾域)

Idioms

  • Thunder and lightning(雷畾电闪)
  • Well-defined boundaries(畾界分明)
  • Ancient field system(古畾之制)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • One of the oldest Chinese characters representing agricultural land division systems
  • Appears in oracle bone inscriptions as a pictograph of field boundaries
  • Later evolved into a radical component in many Chinese characters
  • Reflects ancient Chinese agricultural civilization and land measurement

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