甸

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surname Dian

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

甸 shows a leaning person 勹 by a field 田; 田 also supplies the sound. It first meant to manage fields. The sense grew to pasture and then to suburb.

Drawn as: leaning person; field and farmland

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Same Characters, Different Readings

甸diàn
suburbs or outskirts

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