Keyword
soil
- loam
- earth
- rich
- Frequency
- #2024
- Strokes
- 20
Readings
rǎng100%
Mnemonic
土 (earth) gives the meaning and 襄 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
土壤
soil
平壤
Pyongyang, capital of North Korea
接壤
to border on
壤
(bound form) soil; earth; (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天 (tiān))
天壤之别
(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
a remote and desolate place
壤土
(agriculture) loam; (literary) land; territory
土壤学
pedology (soil study)
黄壤
yellow soil (acidic, iron-rich soil of tropical and subtropical regions); (literary) yellow earth; loess; (literary) the underworld
平壤市
Pyongyang, capital of North Korea
壤塘县
Zamthang, a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿坝藏族羌族自治州 (ĀbàZàngzúQiāngzúZìzhìzhōu), Sichuan