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Definition
- earth
- graphic and meaning component (dirt, dust, earth, land...)
- soil
- land
- ground
- dust
- clay
- local
- indigenous
- homemade
- native
- crude opium
- unsophisticated
- unrefined
- unenlightened
- one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音
- radical (Kang Xi 32)
土 is also a meaning component
Learn more about 土 as a component in other characters: 土 the meaning component
Compounds (239)
inside; in; phonetic component; interior; inner; lining; inside (clothing); village; radical (Kang Xi 166); measure of length (traditional, currently called 市里); li (Chinese mile); 500 meters (modern)
li (Chinese mile); 500 meters (modern); home; hometown; village; neighborhood; administrative unit
by (introduces passive verb); to go by way of; (done) by somebody; through; to pass through; via; from; to follow; cause; reason; because of; by means of; to be up to somebody; to rest with somebody
-ly (used after an adverbial); (structural) particle (used after a verb or adjective to turn it into an adverb)
king; monarch; emperor; phonetic component; prince; ruler; (the) best of its type; (the) strongest of its type; grand; great; Wang (surname)
to arrive; phonetic and meaning component (arriving, reaching...); radical (Kang Xi 133); most; to; until
classifier (for coins, pieces of cloth, cake, etc); measure word; yuan (informal, also for other currency); lump (of earth); chunk; piece
measure word (for events and happenings such as spells, periods, bouts); classifier (for events and happenings such as spells, periods, bouts) ; stage; scene
measure word (for recreation or sports activities and for numbers of exams); large place used for a specific purpose; stage; scene (of a play); classifier (for events and happenings such as spells, periods, bouts)
(main) hall; main room (of a house); court (of law); large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier (for sets (or suites) of furniture, classes etc); measure word
to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street
ink stick; China ink; ink; pigment; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead; black (pitch-dark)
to stop (up); to block (up); (to feel) suffocated; (to feel) stifled; (to be) oppressed; wall; classifier (for walls); measure word
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing earth; female principle; ☷; ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)
red; scarlet; meaning component (red); radical (Kang Xi 155); loyal; sincere; single-hearted; bare; naked
an earthwork; castle; position of defense; stronghold; used in place names, often as phonetic bao for "burg" or "bad"
dust; dirt; Angstrom or Ångström, unit of length equal to 10^-10 meters; phonetic ai or e; abbr. for Egypt 埃及
to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc); to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc); to die; disappointed; discouraged
block; gate pillar; pier; classifier (for clusters of plants); measure word; classifier (for rounds in a card game: trick); measure word
unit of land area, with value varying from area to area (worth one hectare or 15 mǔ 亩 in parts of northeast China, but only 3 or 5 mǔ in northwest China)
Related words (170)
sliced bread (loanword from "toast"); government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
native state (term used by British Colonial power to refer to independent states of India or Africa)
country bumpkin; boor; unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself); burial mound
(lit.) to eat dirt; (slang) to live on dirt (typically because one has spent all one's money on items); dirt-poor
to digg; to start digging; to plough; to break ground; to break through the ground (of seedling); (fig.) the start of a building project
to hate to leave a place where one has lived long; to be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it
alkaline earth (i.e. beryllium Be 鈹|铍, magnesium Mg 鎂|镁, calcium Ca 鈣|钙, strontium Sr 鍶|锶, barium Ba 鋇|钡 and radium Ra 鐳|镭)
a slogan used in reference to a project to improve greenery in some parts of Northern China
Idioms (16)
(lit.) to return in a swirl of dust (idiom); (fig.) to regroup and come back even stronger; to make a comeback
(lit.) to squander money like dirt (idiom); (fig.) to spend money like water; extravagant
head and face filthy with grime (idiom); covered in dirt; dejected and depressed
customs; local conditions and customs (idiom); local customs and practices; local manners and feelings
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