田 rice field

On'yomi
デン
Kun'yomi
た
Strokes
5
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 1

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
田 is written in 5 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A square plot cut into four by irrigation paths — look down from the sky and you see a flooded rice field.

A common word

  • 田中 たなか Tanaka (surname)

Example sentences

  • たなかさんはきょうやすみです。

    Mr. Tanaka is off today.

  • いえのうしろにたがあります。

    There's a rice field behind the house.