Keyword
earth
- soil
- ground
- Turkey
- Frequency
- #307
- Strokes
- 3
- Grade
- 1
- JLPT (old)
- N4
- Heisig
- 161
Readings
ド91%
ト6%
つち3%
Mnemonic
A tall ten-shaped sign pokes up from the earth, and one long bar underneath it is the flat ground stretching to the horizon.
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Composed of
Used in kanji
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Used in vocabulary
土
earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
Noun
土産
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift; disservice
Noun
本土
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
Noun
土壇場
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
Noun
お土産
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift; disservice
Noun