土 — Chinese character
土
tǔ
soil, earth; items made of earth
- Pinyin
- tǔ
- Radical
- 32 ⼟ (Earth)
- Strokes
- 3
- Components
- 十 一
- Formation
- pictographic — A lump of clay on a potter's wheel
- Japanese
- 土 as a kanji
Common words with 土
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 土地 | tǔ dì | land; soil |
| 土地 | tǔ di | local god; genius loci |
| 领土 (領土) | lǐng tǔ | territory |
| 本土 | běn tǔ | one's native country; native |
| 土壤 | tǔ rǎng | soil |
| 国土 (國土) | guó tǔ | country's territory; national land |
| 土豆 | tǔ dòu | potato; (Tw) peanut (颗 (kē)) |
| 混凝土 | hùn níng tǔ | concrete (building material) |
| 出土 | chū tǔ | to dig up; to appear in an excavation |
| 土匪 | tǔ fěi | bandit |
| 泥土 | ní tǔ | earth; soil; mud; clay |
| 土著 | tǔ zhù | aboriginal |
English words written with 土
土 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 2 · Mencius 17 · Zhuangzi 19 · Great Learning 2 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 64
- Analects 4.11
- Analects 5.9
- Mencius 1A.7
- Mencius 1B.15
- Mencius 2A.4
- Mencius 2B.7
- Mencius 3B.9
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