Keyword
earth
- soil
- items made of earth
- Frequency
- #467
- Strokes
- 3
Readings
tǔ100%
Mnemonic
A lump of clay on a potter's wheel
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
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Used in vocabulary
土地
land; soil; territory
领土
territory
土耳其
Turkey
土
earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 (bāyīn)
本土
one's native country; native; local; metropolitan territory
土壤
soil
国土
country's territory; national land
土地
local god; genius loci
土豆
potato; (Tw) peanut (CL:颗 (kē))
混凝土
concrete (building material)
出土
to dig up; to appear in an excavation; unearthed; to come up out of the ground
土匪
bandit
净土
(Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit)
泥土
earth; soil; mud; clay
土著
aboriginal
土司
sliced bread (loanword from "toast"); government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
尘土
dust
乡土
native soil; one's native land; one's hometown; local (to an area)
土改
land reform (abbr. for 土地改革 (tǔdìgǎigé))
水土
water and soil; surface water; natural environment (extended meaning); climate
土豪
local tyrant; local strong man; (slang) nouveau riche
土耳其人
a Turk; Turkish person
土地改革
land reform
黄土
loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)