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Kanji Detail for 土 - "earth, saturday, local"

土

  • Meaning

    土 means "earth, saturday, local."

    1. Soil - Earth; ground; the substance of land.

    2. Land - Territory; domain; the earth.

    3. Hometown - Countryside; native place; local area.

    4. Earth element - One of the five elements; associated with the center and yellow color.

    5. To measure - Same as 度 (measure).

    6. Clay instrument - Instruments made of fired clay; one of the eight sounds.

    7. Saturday - One of the seven days of the week.

    8. Turkey - An abbreviation for "Turkey."

  • Words using 土

    • 土地 とち Listen plot of land; lot; soil
    • 領土 りょうど Listen territory; domain; dominion
    • 土曜 どよう Listen Saturday
    • 国土 こくど Listen country; territory; domain
    • 土俵 どひょう Listen (wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag
    • 土木 どぼく Listen engineering works; civil engineering; public works
    • 全土 ぜんど Listen whole nation; whole land; whole country
    • 土壌 どじょう Listen soil; breeding ground (for); fertile ground (for)

  • Four-character idioms with 土

    • 十万億土 じゅうまんおくど Listen eternity; paradise
    • 厭離穢土 えんりえど Listen abhorrence of (living in) this impure world
    • 土崩瓦解 どほうがかい Listen complete collapse; (something) going to pieces (breaking up beyond repair)
    • 寂光浄土 じゃっこうじょうど Listen paradise
    • 捲土重来 けんどちょうらい Listen recouping one's strength for a renewed attack; making another attempt with redoubled efforts
    • 極楽浄土 ごくらくじょうど Listen Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati

  • Origin of 土

    A mound of earth rising from the ground line — soil heaped where something will grow or be built.

    How to remember it: A mound of soil sitting on the ground line — earth piled up, ready for planting.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

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    • Verified meaning: earth, saturday, local
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read つち, つちさき, つちざき, つちしお)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 土

    Surnames 土(つち)Listen 土(つちさき)Listen 土(つちざき)Listen 土(つちしお)Listen 土(つちたか)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    soil; earth; ground; Turkey

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    soil, earth; items made of earth

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Tu (ethnic group); surname Tu

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    soil, earth; items made of earth

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A mixture of sand, mud, etc. on the earth's surface. Much mud and not easily permeable to water is 黏土 (clay). Much sand and easily permeable to water is 砂土 (sandy soil). | Land. (Great Learning) "Having people, there is then land." | Things produced locally are called 土. Such as 土產 (local products), 土儀 (local specialties). Local people are called 土著 (natives). | Abbreviation for 土司. In Yunnan, Guangxi and other provinces, for the Qu and Yao peoples, local officials were appointed from among their own people, hence called 土司. | Not fashionable is called 土. Such as the colloquial 土頭土腦 (rustic). | One of the eight musical tones. Ancient musical instruments of the earthen category, made by firing clay. | One of the planets. Its orbit is between Jupiter and Uranus. Also called 填星 (Saturn).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    do(ド) ド

    to(ト) ト

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsuchi(つち) つち

  • Strokes

    tip

    3 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords

    earth saturday local soil land hometown ground clay agriculture construction dirt domicile dwelling foundation gardening geology humus loam residence sediment silt territory

Sentences including 土

  • I till the earth.

  • He doesn't go to the office on saturday.

  • Do you have school on saturdays?

  • We always play tennis on saturday morning.

  • The accident took place on the evening of last sunday.

  • Not a few students came to the concert last saturday.

  • I went to the park last saturday.

  • She doesn't have to go to school on saturday.

  • His house is on the bank of the river.

  • Shall you be going to the meeting on saturday?

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