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壌

lot
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingジョウ
Kun readingつち
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. lotRtK
  2. earth
    植物は土壌で育つ。Plants are nourished by earth.tatoeba
  3. soil
    土壌が悪いと木は育てられない。You can't get a tree to grow on bad soil.tatoeba
    植物は土壌から水分をとる。Plants take in water from the soil.tatoeba

Radicals and components

Radical土earth
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · grass skirt · top hat (亠) · eight (八) · six (六) · animal legs (儿) · celery · scarf (冂)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1649

Compound words

土壌どじょう
soil; breeding ground (for); fertile ground (for)
平壌ピョンヤン
Pyongyang (North Korea)
雲壌うんじょう
clouds and earth
天壌てんじょう
heaven and earth
霄壌しょうじょう
heaven and earth
鼓腹撃壌こふくげきじょう
(people) sing the praises (enjoy the blessings) of peace
酸性土壌さんせいどじょう
acid soil
天壌無窮てんじょうむきゅう
as eternal as heaven and earth
土壌汚染どじょうおせん
soil pollution
火山灰土壌かざんばいどじょう
volcanic ash soil

Additional Examples

栽培に適した土壌を得るには耕さなければならない。
In order to get the soil ready for planting you must plow it.tatoeba

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

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