甸

diàn = di + an4

suburbs or outskirts / one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China / official in charge of fields (old)

甸 = 勹 + 田 : The ants have set up a toy suburb (甸) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), including a field (田). It's Dorothy Gale's (di) job to till the field (田) riding on top of an elephant (勹) every day.

甸 character breakdown

甸
- 勹
  - 丿
  - ㇆
    - 一
    - 亅
- 田
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 囗

勹

ba̅o = b + ao1

archaic variant of 包[bao1]

勹 = 丿 + ㇆ : 勹 looks like an elephant: 丿 looks like the edge of the ear and ㇆ looks like the head and trunk.

Beelzebub (b) rides an elephant in front of the aorta (ao1), turning the soil with a plow (㇆). Lots of bananas (丿) are revealed in the turned earth.

田

tián = ti + an2

field / farm / CL:片[pian4]

田 = 囗 + 十 : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to plant a field (田) of crosses (十) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She ordered an enclosure (囗) full of crosses (十) and puts them up one by one.

Characters with 甸 as component

甸 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 甸

伊

yi̅

甸

diàn

园

園

yuán

Garden of Eden

中

zho̅ng

甸

diàn

县

縣

xiàn

Gyeltang or Gyalthang town and county, former name of Shangri-La County 香格里拉縣|香格里拉县[Xiang1 ge2 li3 la1 Xian4] in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Yunnan

坤

ku̅n

甸

diàn

Pontianak city, capital of West Kalimantan, Indonesia

基

ji̅

甸

diàn

Gideon (name, from Judges 6:11-ffoll.) / also written 吉迪恩

宽

寬