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坪

two-mat area
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingヘイ
Kun readingつぼ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. two-mat areaRtK
  2. approx. thirty-six sq ft
  1. tsubo
  2. traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.3 square meters
  3. tsubo
  4. traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters
  5. tsubo

Homonyms

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Same reading (つぼ)
壺 · pot

Radicals and components

Radical土earth
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · even · water-lily · lily pad

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1598

Compound words

延坪のべつぼ
total floor space (incl. all floors)
建坪たてつぼ
floor space (esp. of the ground floor only)
坪数つぼすう
floor space
坪当つぼあたり
per tsubo (approx. 3.3 square meters)
延べ坪のべつぼ
total floor space (incl. all floors)
建て坪たてつぼ
floor space (esp. of the ground floor only)
坪当りつぼあたり
per tsubo (approx. 3.3 square meters)
一坪本社ひとつぼほんしゃ
small company headquarters located in Tokyo simply for name value
延べ坪数のべつぼすう
total floor space
坪当たりつぼあたり
per tsubo (approx. 3.3 square meters)

Stroke Order

8 strokes

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