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Kanji Detail for 土 - "earth, soil, ground"

土

  • Meaning

    土 means "earth, soil, ground."

    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."

  • 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).
  • Onyomitip

    do(どう) どう

    to(と) と

  • Kunyomitip

    tsuchi(つち) つち

  • Strokestip

    3 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords
    earth soil ground land territory domain clay dirt dust mud terrain foundation base earthy terrestrial geological indigenous local homeland Saturday

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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