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土

soil
Stroke count: 3

Readings

On readingド、ト
Kun readingつち
JōyōGrade 1

Popular Usage

土曜日お土産

Radicals and components

Radical土earth

Mnemonic (RtK)

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dirt (土) · ground (土)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 161

Compound words

土曜日どようび
Saturday
お土産おみやげ
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift; disservice
郷土きょうど
native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region
国土こくど
country; territory; domain; realm
出土しゅつど
archeological excavation (archaeological)
浄土じょうど
pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism
全土ぜんど
whole nation; whole land; whole country
土間どま
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
土器どき
earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware
土産みやげ
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift; disservice
土手どて
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
土壌どじょう
soil; breeding ground (for); fertile ground (for)
土人どじん
native; aboriginal
土星どせい
Saturn (planet)
土石どせき
earth and stones
土足どそく
shod feet; wearing shoes; muddy feet; dirty feet
土台どだい
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset
土地とち
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region
土俵どひょう
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
土塀どべい
mud wall; earthen wall; plaster wall
土木どぼく
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
土曜どよう
Saturday
粘土ねんど
clay
風土ふうど
natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features

Stroke Order

3 strokes

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