GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 34

田

田 is read as tián.

Pinyin

tián

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 田

Basic meaning

field; farmland

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Spring and Autumn to Warring States period; Spring and Autumn tradition, 770-476 BCE

Place: Chen state to Qi state; later centered in today's Shandong Province

Origin note

A major Tian surname tradition begins with Chen Wan, a Chen-state noble who fled to Qi in the Spring and Autumn period. His descendants became the Tian family of Qi; in the Warring States period the Tian clan replaced the old Jiang ruling house of Qi. The basic meaning 'field' is useful for name imagery, but the surname origin page should lead with the Chen-to-Qi historical lineage.

Historical figures

田单 (Tian Dan)

Warring States period · Qi general

A famous general of Qi remembered for restoring Qi territory after Yan's invasion.

田文 (Tian Wen)

died 279 BCE · Lord Mengchang of Qi

One of the famous Four Lords of the Warring States, associated with the Qi Tian lineage.

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