土 – soil, earth, ground

3 strokesTaught in grade 1#307 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 土 means soil, earth, ground, Turkey. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ド、ト (do, to); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つち (tsuchi). It is written with 3 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ド	do
On’yomi	ト	to
Kun’yomi	つち	tsuchi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 土 (Kangxi radical 32).

Words using 土

土曜日どようびSaturdayお土産おみやげlocal specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling)土つちearth土産みやげlocal specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling土地とちplot of land土台どだいfoundation土手どてembankment土俵どひょう(wrestling) ring土木どぼくengineering works郷土きょうどnative place風土ふうどnatural features領土りょうどterritory

Example sentences

私は土曜日からここにいます。

I've been here since Saturday.

Tatoeba #154894

これは北海道からのお土産です。

This is a souvenir from Hokkaido.

Tatoeba #218090

波風を鎮めるにはチーズケーキのお土産が良いらしいですよ。

A gift of cheesecake is apparently good to soothe discord.

Tatoeba #75500

Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基境域型均圧壊城執坂堂

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