土 — earth, soil, ground

つち土 earth

つち

U+571F Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #307 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #161 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories. Radical #32

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Meanings

earth
soil
ground

Readings

On'yomi: ど do と to
Kun'yomi: つち tsuchi

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つち tsuchi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

土(つち) tsuchi earth 土(つち) 屋(や) tsuchiya Tsuchiya (surname)

と・ど to On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

土(ど) 日(にち) donichi weekend 土(ど) 木(ぼく) doboku civil engineering 本(ほん) 土(ど) hondo mainland 土(ど) 足(そく) dosoku with shoes on 出(しゅつ) 土(ど) shutsudo archeological excavation (archaeological) 土(ど) 手(て) dote embankment 土(ど) 石(せき) doseki earth and stones 土(と) 地(ち) tochi land

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

土産(みやげ) miyage souvenir

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33 words

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S = secondary school · 13 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Appears in idioms

極楽浄土四字熟語

supreme bliss, pure land

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Components

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Used as component in (60)

しゃ社 company ち地 ground ば場 place はしる走 run てら寺 temple さと里 village さる去 leave しあわせ幸 happiness さか坂 slope かた型 mould

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つち tsuchi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

と・ど to On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

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土 — earth, soil, ground

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Readings

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つち tsuchi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

と ・ど to On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

Words by frequency and grade

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Used as component in (60)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

と・ど to On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).