154) 田

tian

154yx) 介 / 介入

jie / jieru

(lie) between; interpose

154y) 界

jie

boundary

field 田¹⁵⁴[tián] + interpose 介 [jiè]

“田 [tián]” is a ditch dividing two rice paddies and means ‘rice paddy, farming land.’ This character is the boundary between (介) two fields (田)

154zx) 纟

si

154z) 累

lei

tired

field 田¹⁵⁴[tián] + thread 糸=纟[sī]

many fields (田) tied together with thread (糸). A farmer who owns much land would be tired.

154wx) 夂

zhi

prepare

walk slowly 夂 [zhǐ] + field 田¹⁵⁴[tián]

A farmer walking slowly (夂) behind an ox-drawn plow, preparing his field (田) for the next year.

154a) 周

zhou

circumference

field →田 [tián] + mouth 口¹⁶[kǒu]

Signifies act of circling or going around the circumference (bounds) of the field (田) to take care of crops that will become food for the mouth (口).

154b) 调 // 调查

t-/d-iao // diaocha

tone; investigate

word 讠=言²²[yán] + circumference 周 [zhōu]

Signifies circling (周) of fields to investigate if crops are growing evenly, and then giving various work orders by words (讠).

154c) 苗

miao

seedling (sadnica)

sprout (mladica)

grass 艹²⁰⁷[cǎo] + field 田 [tián]

a sprout (艹) which is coming up out of the field (田) in the spring.

_154dx) 犭

quan

154d) 猫

mao

cat

dog/animal 犭¹⁷³[quǎn] + seedling 苗 [miáo]

 a cat is an animal (犭) that keeps watching the seedlings (苗) to be sown in the spring time in order to keep the rats away from a granary.