How to write 阡

阡: [qiān] 1. 田间的小路。 (A footpath between fields.) 2. 通往坟墓的道路。 (The path leading to a grave.) 1. 田间的小路：～陌。 (A footpath between fields: ~mò.) 2. 通往坟墓的道路：～表（墓碑）。 (The path leading to a grave: ~biǎo (tombstone).) 【本义】: 田间南北向的小路 (The original meaning: A north-south footpath between fields.) 【造字法】: 形声。从阜，千声。“阜”土山。与土有关。 (Character formation: Phono-semantic compound. The component 符 refers to earth or mounds, thus related to soil.) 1. 同本义 (Same as the original meaning) ([En.] A footpath between fields, leading north and south) 2. 通往坟墓的小道 ([En.] The path leading to a grave) 3. 泛指田间小路 ([En.] Foot path between fields) 4. 道路 ([En.] Road; Path) 5. 坟墓 ([En.] Grave) 引例: 1. 《说文新附》：“阡，路东西为陌，南北为阡。” (In the "New Supplement to the Shuowen", it states: 'The east-west road is called mò, and the north-south is called qiān.') 2. 《广韵》：“阡，阡陌。” (In "Guangyun": 'Qiān, qiān mò.') 3. 《史记·商君列传》：“为田开阡陌封疆，而赋税平。” (In "Records of the Grand Historian: Biography of Shang Jun": 'Opening up footpaths for fields to establish boundaries, and the taxes were equal.') 4. 晋·陶渊明《桃花源记》：“阡陌交通，鸡犬相闻。” (In "Peach Blossom Spring" by Tao Yuanming: 'Footpaths are interwoven, and the sounds of chickens and dogs can be heard.') 引例: 1. 哀挽青门去，新阡绛水遥。——杜甫《敌武卫将军挽词》之三 (Mourning leaves the green gate, the new path to the river is far away. — Du Fu, "Eulogy for General Wu Wei".) 泛指田间小路: 1. 柳宗元《田家》：“驱牛向东阡。” (In "The Rural Family" by Liu Zongyuan: 'Driving the ox towards the eastern path.') 2. 元·关汉卿《窦娥冤》：“要什么素车白马，断送出古陌荒阡。” (In "Dou E's Injustice" by Guan Hanqing: 'What need is there for a plain carriage and white horse, a ruin to bring forth old paths and wild alleys?') 例: 又如:阡陇(田间高地);阡塍(田埂) (Also, e.g., qiān lǒng (high ground between fields); qiān chéng (field ridge).) 道路: 1. 《增韵》：“阡，路亦曰阡。” (In "Zengyun": 'Qiān, also called road.') 2. 曹操《短歌行》：“越陌度阡，枉用相存。” (In "Short Song" by Cao Cao: 'Crossing paths and roads, it seems wasted to exist together.') 3. 南朝梁·沈约《宿东园》：“野径既盘纡，荒阡亦交互。” (In "Night Stay in the Eastern Garden" by Shen Yue of the Southern Liang: 'The rural paths are winding, and the wild paths intersect.') 引例: 1. 欧阳修《沋冈阡表》：“其子修始克表于其阡。” (In "On the Tomb of Fengang" by Ouyang Xiu: 'His son repaired the epitaph at the grave.' ) 例: 又如:阡原(墓地);阡兆(墓地) (Also, e.g., qiān yuán (graveyard); qiān zhào (tomb site).)