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Kanji Detail for 地 - "earth, land, ground"

地

  • Meaning

    地 means "earth, land, ground."

    1. Earth - The ground; the soil.

    2. Land - A country or territory; real estate.

    3. Ground - The surface of the earth.

    4. Place - A particular location or area.

    5. Foundation - The base or underlying support.

  • Words using 地

    • 土地 とち Listen plot of land; lot; soil
    • 地元 じもと Listen home area; home town; local
    • 地区 ちく Listen district; area; zone
    • 地域 ちいき Listen area; region; district
    • 地方 ちほう Listen district; region; area
    • 地球 ちきゅう Listen Earth; the globe
    • 現地 げんち Listen actual place; actual location; the spot
    • 地検 ちけん Listen District Public Prosecutor's Office

  • Four-character idioms with 地

    • 天変地異 てんぺんちい Listen natural disaster; cataclysm
    • 緩衝地帯 かんしょうちたい Listen buffer zone
    • 五体投地 ごたいとうち Listen prostration
    • 俯仰天地 ふぎょうてんち Listen looking up and down, from heaven to earth (having nothing to be ashamed of); swearing by Heaven and Earth (having done nothing to be ashamed of)
    • 八大地獄 はちだいじごく Listen The Eight Greater Hells
    • 地盤沈下 じばんちんか Listen land subsidence; decline in influence

  • Tattoo check: 地

    • Verified meaning: earth, land, ground
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read こおち, しょうち, ち, ちざき)

    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 地

    Surnames 地(こおち)Listen 地(しょうち)Listen 地(ち)Listen 地(ちざき)Listen 地(ちとく)Listen 地(はまぢ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    ground; earth

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    earth; soil, ground; region

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb

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

    What bears all things in the world. One of the planets. Its body is round like a ball, hence called 地球 (Earth). When divided into regions, it's called 地方 (place). | Position. (Mencius) "Exchanging places, they would all be the same." | Quality. Like saying the background. In painting, first making the powder ground, then applying the five colors.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    chi(チ) チ

    ji(ジ) ジ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords

    earth land ground foundation place position status rank area base crust dirt floor geography geology globe locale location region site soil terrain territory

Sentences including 地

  • We may have a very severe earthquake any moment now.

  • The sun is so distant from the earth.

  • There are many earthquakes in japan.

  • A change of air will do you a lot of good.

  • The home team won.

  • Tom was given an important post by him.

  • Earthquakes may occur at any moment.

  • The district is short of water.

  • It is five years to a day since i came here.

  • They moved here three years ago.

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