地 — Chinese character
地
de
earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
- Pinyin
- de
- Radical
- 32 ⼟ (Earth)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 土 也
- Formation
- pictophonetic — earth; meaning component 土; sound component 也
- Japanese
- 地 as a kanji
Common words with 地
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地区 (地區) | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system) |
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory; aspect; part |
| 当地 (當地) | dāng dì | local |
| 土地 | tǔ dì | land; soil |
| 土地 | tǔ di | local god; genius loci |
| 各地 | gè dì | in all parts of (a country); various regions |
| 地位 | dì wèi | position; status |
| 基地 | jī dì | base (of operations, industrial, military, research etc) |
| 地球 | dì qiú | the earth |
| 地震 | dì zhèn | earthquake |
| 地图 (地圖) | dì tú | map; 张 (zhāng),本 (běn) |
English words written with 地
地 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 18 · Analects 3 · Art of War 86 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 54 · Zhuangzi 148 · Doctrine of the Mean 16
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 5
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 6
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 7
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 8
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 23
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 25
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 32
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