Kanji 土 — "Soil"
Here is what 土 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Soil" stick.
Also means: Earth, Dirt
How it is read
ど, と
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
つち
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
Same deal — Soil the kanji and Soil the component mean the same thing!
- 土 Soil
A cross is stuck into the ground, so this component means Soil.
Words that use 土
12 of 13 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 土地 とち plot of land, lot, soil
- 土 つち earth, soil
- お土産 おみやげ souvenir
- 土曜日 どようび Saturday
- 土産 みやげ souvenir
- 土木 どぼく public works
- 土台 どだい foundation, base, basis
- 領土 りょうど territory, possession
- 土手 どて embankment, bank
- 土俵 どひょう arena
- 風土 ふうど natural features, climate
- 郷土 きょうど homeland
Want 土 to still be there next month?
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