田径
tiánjìng · HSK 6
field
🏃🏟️ 田 field + 径 path = the field paths athletes run on
A 田 is a field and 径 means a path or track. Track and field is literally the paths across the field — the lanes runners sprint down and the grounds where they throw and jump.
田 — enclosure 囗 + cross 十 (field grid)
田 is a pictograph of a cultivated field divided by raised paths or irrigation ditches into plots, shown as a square with a cross inside. Its original sense was 'farmland,' which it still carries today, and it also serves as a common surname.