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Kanji Detail for 壌 - "soil, ground, fertile"

壌

  • Meaning

    壌 means "soil, ground, fertile."

    1. Soil - Earth suitable for planting.

    2. Ground - The surface of the earth.

    3. Fertile - Capable of producing growth.

  • Words using 壌

    • 平壌 ピョンヤン Listen Pyongyang (North Korea)
    • 土壌 どじょう Listen soil; breeding ground (for); fertile ground (for)

  • Four-character idioms with 壌

    • 天壌無窮 てんじょうむきゅう Listen as eternal as heaven and earth
    • 鼓腹撃壌 こふくげきじょう Listen (people) sing the praises (enjoy the blessings) of peace

  • Tattoo check: 壌

    • Verified meaning: soil, ground, fertile
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read じょう, ゆたか)

    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 壌

    Given names 壌(ゆたか)Listen

    Surnames 壌(じょう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    lot; earth; soil

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    soil, loam, earth; rich

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 壤[rang3]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    joh(ジョウ) ジョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsuchi(つち) つち

  • Strokes

    tip

    16 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords

    soil ground fertile fruition land earth agriculture clay compost cultivation dirt farming geology growth humus loam planting surface terrain vegetation

Sentences including 壌

  • Plants are nourished by earth.

  • Pyongyang is the capital of North Korea.

  • Plants take in water from the soil.

  • The soil retained richness.

  • The rain washed away the soil.

  • That soil is rich in humus.

  • Worms are sometimes beneficial to soil.

  • You can't get a tree to grow on bad soil.

  • Rich soil yields good crops.

  • Nothing seems to grow in this soil.

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