| Kanji | 土 | 
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ド、ト | 
| Kunyomi | つち | 
| Nanori | つ, つく, は, ひじ | 
| English | soil, earth, ground, Turkey | 
| Examples | 土地(とち): plot of land; lot; soil 領土(りょうど): dominion; territory; possession 土(つち): (1) earth; soil; dirt (2) the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land (3) low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud) (4) (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in On'youdou) 土曜(どよう): Saturday 国土(こくど): country; territory; domain; realm 土産(みやげ): present; souvenir 土台(どだい): (1) foundation; base; basis (2) from the beginning; from the outset; by nature 土手(どて): (1) embankment; bank (2) beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin 土俵(どひょう): (1) arena, esp. in sumo (2) forum (e.g. for discussion) (3) sandbag; gabion 土木(どぼく): public works 風土(ふうど): natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features 郷土(きょうど): native place; birth-place; one's old home お土産(おみやげ): present; souvenir 混凝土(コンクリート): concrete 土曜日(どようび): Saturday 率土(そっと): face of the earth 土産(どさん): (1) product of the land (2) present; souvenir 土(ど): (1) Saturday (2) earth (third of the five elements) | 
| JLPT Level | 5 | 
| Jouyou Grade | 1 | 
| Frequency | 307 | 
| Components | 土: earth, earth radical (no. 32) | 
| Number of Strokes | 3 | 
| Kanji Radical | 土 | 
| Radical Number | 32 | 
| Radical Strokes | 3 | 
| Radical Reading | つち・つちへん・どへん | 
| Traditional Form | (none) | 
| Classification | 象形 Pictographic | 
| Keyword | soil | 
| Koohii Story 1 | Remembering soil is easy. If soil is soft, you can take a walking stick and plunge it two* feet into the ground. | 
| Koohii Story 2 | King Arthur pulled the magical sword Excalibur out of the hardened soil to claim his place as king. | 
| RTK Index (new) | 161 | 
Tags: jlpt.n5, grade1, kanjifreq251-500, kanji_time_days.of.the.week, kanji_nature_substance
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