Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 9
田 rice field
- Meaning
- rice field
- On reading
- デン
- Kun reading
- た
Memory hook
A square divided into four: a paddy field cut up by irrigation channels. It hides inside 男 and 電. デン in compounds, た on its own, and だ in many surnames.
Words that use 田
田んぼ
たんぼ
rice paddy
山田
やまだ
Yamada (name)
How to write 田
Stroke order · 5 strokes
1
2
3
4
5
- 1. The vertical on the left.
- 2. Horizontal across the top, then turn down on the right side.
- 3. The vertical through the centre.
- 4. The horizontal across the middle.
- 5. The horizontal across the bottom.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
田 is taught on day 17 of the kanji course, alongside 花 魚, with two writing passes and a short quiz.