甸 diān suburbs of the capital
How to remember 甸: 勹 wrap + 田 field = suburbs of the capital. Rice farms wrap around the city like a green scarf, and on Sundays families picnic in a field out in the suburbs of the capital.
Component breakdown
甸 = 勹 wrap + 田 field
- 勹 wrap
- 田 field
Rice farms wrap around the city like a green scarf, and on Sundays families picnic in a field out in the suburbs of the capital.
How it is used
- A field/outlying land - appears in place names (沙甸) and, reduplicated, in 沉甸甸 (chéndiàndiàn): heavy/weighed down - 沉甸甸的果实 (chéndiàndiàn de guǒshí) heavily laden fruit, or a heart heavy with responsibility. Also 缅甸 (Miǎndiàn) Myanmar.