土 — earth, soil, ground

つち土 earth

Grade 1 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 3 strokes nature

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

Meanings

earth
soil
ground

word

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 土(と) 地(ち) tochi land 土(ど) 曜(よう) 日(び) doyoubi Saturday 国(こく) 土(ど) kokudo national land 土(ど) 曜(よう) doyou Saturday

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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Components

Atomic component This kanji has no further breakdown — it's a primitive building block used to compose others.

Used as component in (64)

あかい赤 red しゃ社 company ち地 ground ば場 place しつ室 room はしる走 run えん園 garden てら寺 temple とおい遠 far さと里 village

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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.

#32 土 earth

土 — earth, soil, ground

Meanings

word

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.

Stroke order

Components

Used as component in (64)

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.

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土 — earth, soil, ground

Meanings

word

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.

Stroke order

Components

Used as component in (64)

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.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

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).