壤 — Chinese character
壤
rǎng
soil, loam, earth; rich
- Pinyin
- rǎng
- Radical
- 32 ⼟ (Earth)
- Strokes
- 20
- Components
- 土 襄
- Formation
- pictophonetic — earth; meaning component 土; sound component 襄
- Japanese
- 壤 as a kanji
Common words with 壤
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 土壤 | tǔ rǎng | soil |
| 接壤 | jiē rǎng | to border on |
| 天壤之别 (天壤之別) | tiān rǎng zhī bié | (lit.) the difference between heaven and earth (idiom); (fig.) night and day difference; a world of difference; a far cry (from) |
| 穷乡僻壤 (窮鄉僻壤) | qióng xiāng pì rǎng | a remote and desolate place |
| 壤土 | rǎng tǔ | (agriculture) loam; (literary) land; territory |
| 土壤学 (土壤學) | tǔ rǎng xué | pedology (soil study) |
| 黄壤 (黃壤) | huáng rǎng | yellow soil (acidic, iron-rich soil of tropical and subtropical regions); (literary) yellow earth; loess |
| 月壤 | yuè rǎng | lunar soil |
| 沃壤 | wò rǎng | fertile soil |
| 熙壤 | xī rǎng | variant of 熙攘 (xī rǎng) |
| 熙熙壤壤 | xī xī rǎng rǎng | variant of 熙熙攘攘 (xī xī rǎng rǎng) |
| 霄壤之别 (霄壤之別) | xiāo rǎng zhī bié | see 天壤之别 (tiān rǎng zhī bié) |
English words written with 壤
壤 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 5
- Analects 14.46
- Mencius 3A.3
- Mencius 3B.10
- Zhuangzi How to Govern
- Zhuangzi The Tao of God
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Zhuangzi Knowledge travels North
- Zhuangzi Kêng Sang Ch’u
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