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地 どま 現地(げんち): actual place; local; on-site地域(ちいき): area; region地球(ちきゅう): the earth; the globe地元(じもと): (1) home area; home town (2) local地方(ちほう): (1) area; locality; district; region; province (2) countryside; rural area (3) coast (esp. as seen from the water) (4) person singing ballads in noh; person in charge of music in a Japanese dance performance土地(とち): plot of land; lot; soil基地(きち): base地震(じしん): earthquake地(ち): (1) earth; ground; land; soil (2) place (3) territory (4) bottom (of a package, book, etc.) (5) earth (one of the five elements)地位(ちい): (social) position; status地下(ちか): (1) basement; cellar; underground place (2) underground; below ground (3) secret; under cover (4) underground (railway); subway; metro地帯(ちたい): area; zone; belt (of land)地下鉄(ちかてつ): underground train; subway地図(ちず): map地点(ちてん): site; point on a map; spot敷地(しきち): site; plot; lot; grounds余地(よち): place; room; margin; scope産地(さんち): producing area植民地(しょくみんち): (1) colony (2) colonial農地(のうち): agricultural land団地(だんち): multi-unit apartments地獄(じごく): hell墓地(ぼち): cemetery; graveyard地味(じみ): plain; simple; subdued; sober地理(ちり): geography意地(いじ): disposition; spirit; willpower; obstinacy; backbone; appetite地面(じめん): ground; earth's surface生地(きじ): (1) cloth; material; texture (2) one's true character (3) unglazed pottery (4) uncooked dough; batter見地(けんち): point of view心地(ここち): (1) feeling; sensation; mood (2) sensation of doing (usu. after -masu stem of verb)地形(ちけい): terrain; geographical features; topography地主(じぬし): landlord; landowner地名(ちめい): place name遊園地(ゆうえんち): amusement park地質(ちしつ): geological features盆地(ぼんち): basin (e.g. between mountains)地区(ちく): district; section; sector地盤(じばん): stronghold; base; (the) ground地下水(ちかすい): underground water地平線(ちへいせん): horizon (related to land)下地(したじ): groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; elementary knowledge of; grounding in; prearrangement; spadework; signs; symptoms; first coat of plastering; soy天地(てんち): (1) heaven and earth; the universe; nature; top and bottom; realm; sphere; world (2) top and bottom (3) gods of heaven and earth無地(むじ): plain; unfigured意地悪(いじわる): malicious; ill-tempered; unkind番地(ばんち): house number; address各地(かくち): every place; various places耕地(こうち): arable land領地(りょうち): territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)畑地(はたち): farmland 2 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey也: to be (classical) 土 3 (none) ground The soil is littered with scorpions everywhere and no ones dares put their foot on the ground.

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チ、ジ ground, earth 4 40 6 32 つち・つちへん・どへん 形声 Phonetic Picture the ground as an extent of soil where scorpions are buried like land mines. Imagine a sign post saying ´no trespassing, scorpion mines´ if that helps, and how it is dangerous to walk there.

Kanji	地
Onyomi	チ、ジ
Nanori	どま
English	ground, earth
Examples	現地(げんち): actual place; local; on-site 地域(ちいき): area; region 地球(ちきゅう): the earth; the globe 地元(じもと): (1) home area; home town (2) local 地方(ちほう): (1) area; locality; district; region; province (2) countryside; rural area (3) coast (esp. as seen from the water) (4) person singing ballads in noh; person in charge of music in a Japanese dance performance 土地(とち): plot of land; lot; soil 基地(きち): base 地震(じしん): earthquake 地(ち): (1) earth; ground; land; soil (2) place (3) territory (4) bottom (of a package, book, etc.) (5) earth (one of the five elements) 地位(ちい): (social) position; status 地下(ちか): (1) basement; cellar; underground place (2) underground; below ground (3) secret; under cover (4) underground (railway); subway; metro 地帯(ちたい): area; zone; belt (of land) 地下鉄(ちかてつ): underground train; subway 地図(ちず): map 地点(ちてん): site; point on a map; spot 敷地(しきち): site; plot; lot; grounds 余地(よち): place; room; margin; scope 産地(さんち): producing area 植民地(しょくみんち): (1) colony (2) colonial 農地(のうち): agricultural land 団地(だんち): multi-unit apartments 地獄(じごく): hell 墓地(ぼち): cemetery; graveyard 地味(じみ): plain; simple; subdued; sober 地理(ちり): geography 意地(いじ): disposition; spirit; willpower; obstinacy; backbone; appetite 地面(じめん): ground; earth's surface 生地(きじ): (1) cloth; material; texture (2) one's true character (3) unglazed pottery (4) uncooked dough; batter 見地(けんち): point of view 心地(ここち): (1) feeling; sensation; mood (2) sensation of doing (usu. after -masu stem of verb) 地形(ちけい): terrain; geographical features; topography 地主(じぬし): landlord; landowner 地名(ちめい): place name 遊園地(ゆうえんち): amusement park 地質(ちしつ): geological features 盆地(ぼんち): basin (e.g. between mountains) 地区(ちく): district; section; sector 地盤(じばん): stronghold; base; (the) ground 地下水(ちかすい): underground water 地平線(ちへいせん): horizon (related to land) 下地(したじ): groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; elementary knowledge of; grounding in; prearrangement; spadework; signs; symptoms; first coat of plastering; soy 天地(てんち): (1) heaven and earth; the universe; nature; top and bottom; realm; sphere; world (2) top and bottom (3) gods of heaven and earth 無地(むじ): plain; unfigured 意地悪(いじわる): malicious; ill-tempered; unkind 番地(ばんち): house number; address 各地(かくち): every place; various places 耕地(こうち): arable land 領地(りょうち): territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school) 畑地(はたち): farmland
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	40
Components	土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 也: to be (classical)
Number of Strokes	6
Kanji Radical	土
Radical Number	32
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	つち・つちへん・どへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	ground
Koohii Story 1	Picture the ground as an extent of soil where scorpions are buried like land mines. Imagine a sign post saying ´no trespassing, scorpion mines´ if that helps, and how it is dangerous to walk there.
Koohii Story 2	The soil is littered with scorpions everywhere and no ones dares put their foot on the ground.

Area Earth Soil Underground Ground Place Land Home