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Chinese symbol for “loam”

壤土
rǎng tǔ
(agriculture) loam; (literary) land; territory

The closest CC-CEDICT match for loam is 壤土 (rǎng tǔ), defined as: (agriculture) loam; (literary) land; territory.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

壤 rǎng
soil, loam, earth; rich
radical 32 ⼟ · 20 strokes
土 tǔ
soil, earth; items made of earth
radical 32 ⼟ · 3 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 壤土.

WordPinyinMeaning
土壤tǔ rǎngsoil
接壤jiē rǎngto 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 rǎnga remote and desolate place
土壤学 (土壤學)tǔ rǎng xuépedology (soil study)
土地tǔ dìland; soil
领土 (領土)lǐng tǔterritory
本土běn tǔone's native country; native

See also: Japanese symbol for “loam”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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