壤

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(bound form) soil; earth; (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tian1])

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

土 (semantic, “earth”) + 襄 (phonetic, xiāng)

components: 土襄

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ground + pigeon coop

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 襄

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 襄 (xiāng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
襄 sound component	xiāng	to aid, to help, to assist; to undress
囊	náng	bag, purse, sack; to pocket, to stow
攘	rǎng	to usurp, to seize; to repel
镶	xiāng	inset, inlay; to set, to mount; to fill
嚷	rǎng	to shout, to roar, to cry; to brawl
瓤	ráng	flesh, core, pith, pulp
穰	ráng	stalks of grain; lush, abundant
骧	xiāng	to gallop about with the head uplifted
蘘	ráng	wild ginger
曩	nǎng	ancient times; former; old

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
天壤之别	tiān rǎng zhī bié	(lit.) the difference between heaven and earth (idiom); (fig.) night and day difference; a…
平壤市	Píng rǎng shì	Pyongyang, capital of North Korea
土壤学	tǔ rǎng xué	pedology (soil study)
平壤	Píng rǎng	Pyongyang, capital of North Korea
黄壤	huáng rǎng	yellow soil (acidic, iron-rich soil of tropical and subtropical regions); (literary) yello…
土壤	tǔ rǎng	soil
壤土	rǎng tǔ	(agriculture) loam; (literary) land; territory
月壤	yuè rǎng	lunar soil
壤塘县	Rǎng táng Xiàn	Zamthang, a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州\|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1…
接壤	jiē rǎng	to border on
霄壤之别	xiāo rǎng zhī bié	see 天壤之別\|天壤之别[tian1 rang3 zhi1 bie2]
穷乡僻壤	qióng xiāng pì rǎng	a remote and desolate place
沃壤	wò rǎng	fertile soil
壤塘	Rǎng táng	see 壤塘縣\|壤塘县[Rang3 tang2 Xian4]
熙壤	xī rǎng	variant of 熙攘[xi1 rang3]
熙熙壤壤	xī xī rǎng rǎng	variant of 熙熙攘攘[xi1 xi1 rang3 rang3]