also: はくでん
snow-covered rice paddy
Only with reading しろた
Archaic term for a rice paddy covered in snow. Restricted to the reading しろた.
Archaic term for a field; synonymous with 畠. Both readings しろた and はくでん are possible.
See also: 畑
In old waka poetry, 白田 is used to describe a rice paddy covered in snow.
In old documents, 白田 can refer to a field.
Standard kanji spelling for the reading しろた.
Alternate reading はくでん; rare and archaic.
The kanji 白 (white) and 田 (rice paddy) combine to suggest a snow-covered field. The reading しろた is the native Japanese reading, while はくでん is the Sino-Japanese reading. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.