土
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earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
3 strokes
Dict coverage rank #225 U+571F
How 土 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A lump of clay on a potter's wheel
How to remember it
soil · Heisig RSH #158
— as a component also called: ground, dirt, land
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 土 as their sound component
These characters all use 土 (tǔ) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 土 sound component | tǔ | soil, earth; items made of earth |
| 杜 | dù | to prevent, to restrict, to stop; surname |
| 吐 | tǔ | to vomit, to spew out, to cough up; to say |
| 肚 | dù | belly; abdomen, bowels |
| 牡 | mǔ | male animal; key, door bolt |
| 坤 | kūn | earth; feminine |
| 墅 | shù | villa, country house |
| 芏 | dù | Shichito matgrass |
| 钍 | tǔ | thorium |
Words containing 土
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 长阳土家族自治县 | Cháng yáng Tǔ jiā zú Zì zhì xiàn | Changyang Tujia Autonomous County, in Yichang City 宜昌市[Yi2 chang1 Shi4], Hubei |
| 有机土 | yǒu jī tǔ | histosol (soil taxonomy) |
| 土地公 | Tǔ dì Gōng | Tudi Gong, the local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion) |
| 日土县 | Rì tǔ Xiàn | Rutog, a county in Ngari Prefecture 阿里地區|阿里地区[A1 li3 Di4 qu1], Tibet |
| 土城区 | Tǔ chéng Qū | Tucheng, a district of New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan |
| 大通回族土族自治县 | Dà tōng Huí zú Tǔ zú Zì zhì xiàn | Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County, in Xining City 西寧市|西宁市[Xi1 ning2 Shi4], Qinghai |
| 风土人情 | fēng tǔ rén qíng | local conditions and customs (idiom) |
| 土地神 | Tǔ dì Shén | local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion) (same as 土地公|土地公[Tu3 di4 Gong1]) |
| 土方子 | tǔ fāng zi | (TCM) folk remedy |
| 国土安全 | guó tǔ ān quán | homeland security |
| 土人 | tǔ rén | native; aborigine; clay figure |
| 国土 | guó tǔ | country's territory; national land |
| 水土 | shuǐ tǔ | water and soil; surface water; natural environment (extended meaning); climate |
| 中土 | Zhōng Tǔ | China-Turkey; Sino-Turkish |
| 中土 | Zhōng tǔ | (literary) the Central Plains of China; (literary) China |
| 三合土 | sān hé tǔ | traditional Chinese building material made by mixing three components (typically lime, cla… |
| 心土 | xīn tǔ | subsoil |
| 生土 | shēng tǔ | (agr.) immature soil; virgin soil |
| 土地 | tǔ dì | land; soil; territory; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4] |
| 土地 | tǔ di | local god; genius loci |