佃つくだ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

cultivated rice field

Refers to a rice paddy that has been developed and is actively farmed. Often appears in place names or historical contexts.

この地ち域いきには広こう大だいな佃つくだが広ひろがっている。
Vast cultivated rice fields stretch across this region.

Kanji

佃cultivated rice field

Related words

田たN3
田 is the general, everyday word for a rice field, while 佃 specifically denotes a field that has been cultivated or developed through labor, and appears mainly in place names.
水すい田でんN1
水田 highlights that the rice paddy is flooded with water, whereas 佃 emphasizes the field's cultivated, developed status regardless of water condition.

Word family

佃つくだ煮に
tsukudani; food simmered in sweetened soy sauce

Written forms

佃Usage95%
- つくだ
  Standard kanji form; the reading てん is rare and not used for this meaning.
- てん
てんUsage5%

Etymology

The kanji 佃 combines 人 (person) and 田 (field), suggesting a field worked by people. The reading つくだ is of native Japanese origin, while てん is the on'yomi. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.