How to Write 畈 (fàn) — Meaning “Farmland / Field”

Picture a farmer using a fan (which sounds like "fàn") to cool himself while standing in a field (田). The 反 component looks like an open fan, helping you link the shape to farmland.

Write 田 (5 strokes) first, then 反 (4 strokes) on the right. A common mistake is making the 反 part too wide or confusing the stroke order—remember to write the left-falling stroke in 反 before the right-falling stroke. Keep the 田 slightly smaller to balance the character.

男 (man) combines 田 with 力 (strength), meaning a male working in the fields. 甸 (diàn) uses 田 with a wrapping component 勹, referring to a field outside a city. 畈 uses 反 and specifically denotes farmland, without the ideas of gender or proximity to a settlement.

畈 is not common in everyday conversation and is mostly found in local dialects, place names, or literary descriptions of rural farmland. It often appears in the compound 田畈 (tián fàn), meaning fields or paddy fields, especially in southern Chinese regions.

Common words containing 畈 include: 田畈 (tián fàn) — farmland / fields; 畈田 (fàn tián) — Paddy field; 畈上 (fàn shàng) — On the farmland.